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MetaLib and SFX: The Library Portal and Link Server from Ex Libris. Tamar Sadeh Marketing Manager Tallinn, September 2005. MetaLib and SFX: Current Status. SFX origins: a research project at the Ghent University, Belgium conducted by Herbert Van de Sompel; collaborating with Ex Libris - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MetaLib and SFX: The Library Portal and Link Server
from Ex Libris
Tamar SadehMarketing Manager
Tallinn, September 2005
MetaLib and SFX
MetaLib and SFX: Current Status
SFX origins: a research project at the Ghent University, Belgium conducted by Herbert Van de Sompel; collaborating with Ex Libris
MetaLib origins: a research project at the KOBV consortium in Germany; collaborating with Ex Libris
First live SFX system: April 2001 at Caltech, USA
First live MetaLib system: November 2001 at University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
MetaLib and SFX
MetaLib and SFX: Current Status
Today: almost 900 customers in 37 countries
58% non-ALEPH sites
68% consortia members
OpenURL approved as a NISO standard (Z39.88)
MetaLib and SFX
New Challenges
Institutions offer a wide range of electronic resources:
Individual e-journals
Packages of e-journals
Abstracting and indexing (A&I) databases
Local repositories
Subject gateways
Other Web sites
These need to be efficiently managed and offered to end users
MetaLib and SFX
User’s Concerns
Where do I look for information?
How do I get access to licensed resources?
How do I make a query?
How do I get accurate results?
How do I compare lists of results?
How do I navigate to related resources?
How do I obtain the actual materials?
How do I maintain my environment and manage my findings?
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What is MetaLib?
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MetaLib and SFX
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MetaLib and SFX
MetaLib offers you
Resource discovery and access
Metasearching across heterogeneous resources, simultaneously
My Library Portal
SFX, delivering context-sensitive services
MetaLib and SFX
My Library Portal
Personal resource lists
Personal eShelf with multiple folders
Personal e-journal list
Personal query list (history)
Personal alerts
Personal preferences
MetaLib and SFX
A&I
e-print
Full Text
Citations Web
eTOC
OPAC
Portals
MetaLib and SFX
Non context-sensitive Limited in scope:
types of extended services
action radius of links
Closed
e-print
Full TextA&I
Citations
Web
The “appropriate copy” problem
Constraints of Previous Linking Frameworks
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History of Linking Source
T a r g e t s
OpenURL
Linking Server
Context
A p p r o p r i a t e T a r g e t s
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The SFX Flow
SFX Source SFX Menu SFX Target
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Step 1: An OpenURL generated by the source and sent to the link server http://sfx.mycollege.edu?genre=article&atitle=The deterrence hypothesis and picking pockets at the pickpockets hanging&title=American Law and Economics&issn=1465-7252& date=2002&volume=4&issue=2&spage=295&aulast=Anderson&aufirst=David
Step 2: The link server (at sfx.mycollege.edu) extracts metadata from the OpenURL
Author: Anderson, DavidTitle: The deterrence hypothesis and picking pockets at the pickpockets
hanging Journal: American Law and EconomicsISSN: 1465-7252Date: 2002Volume: 4Issue: 2Page: 295
Step 2: The link server (at sfx.mycollege.edu) extracts metadata from the OpenURL
Author: Anderson, DavidTitle: The deterrence hypothesis and picking pockets at the pickpockets
hanging Journal: American Law and EconomicsISSN: 1465-7252Date: 2002Volume: 4Issue: 2Page: 295
Step 3: The link server:
matches data elements against the link server's knowledge base,
determines the appropriate services,
computes the links,
and displays the menu
MetaLib and SFX
SFX Target:
Supports deep linking to provide, for instance:
SFX Source:
Supports the OpenURL.
Enables the generation of extended services by the SFX server at the user’s institution.
arXiv.org, EBSCO, ISI WoS, IOP, ProQuest, Ovid, SilverPlatter ERL, OCLC FirstSearch, Elsevier ScienceDirect
Full text of an article Holdings information Document delivery form
Academic Press, Cambridge University Press, Highwire, Kluwer, Springer, Swets, Wiley
Ex Libris ALEPH 500, III Innovative, Endeavor Voyager, SIRSI Unicorn, LIBRIS Union Catalog
The British Library, InfoTrieve, IBID
SFX Sources versus SFX Targets
www.exlibrisgroup.com
Book reviews
Amazon.com; Syndetics
MetaLib and SFX
Coverage (September 1, 2005): 454,290 journal titles, of which 32,684 are unique e-journal titles; 384,758 individual e-journal portfolios;171,975 e-books; 1028 targets (946 provide full text)
Rules: predefined rules (thresholds) and localized rules for fine-tuning
Tools: Web-based tools for management Statistics and reports: usage of resources and
services Updates: central KnowledgeBase maintained by
Ex Libris; automated updates
The SFX Knowledge Base
MARCit!
SFX Knowledge Base
Library Catalogue
Unmediated DocDel requests
Tool for VLE
SFX Menu
Journal Title List
Citation Linker
Library Portal
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MetaLib and SFX
Installation: Solaris or Linux (on site) or hosted
Training: 2 days for SFX; 3 days for MetaLib
Localization:
KnowledgeBase
Branding
Integration with local environment: authentication system, ILL or Document delivery system, proxy server, course management systems
Configuration of additional resources and services
Implementation of SFX and MetaLib