Web Access to Electronic Journals and Databases in ARL Libraries

Caudle, Dana M.; Schmitz, Cecilia M.

doi:10.1300/j502v01n01_02

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“…The authors then ranked library websites subjectively for their usability, specifically whether they included library jargon or were difficult to navigate. 12 Fuller et al conducted usability tests at the University of Connecticut Libraries to improve the design of their database list, which was generated by their in-house ERM system. As a result, subject headings were no longer nested and database descriptions were rewritten to reduce the amount of text.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

Wong¹

2020

LRTS

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After migrating to Ex Libris’s Alma and Primo for its integrated library system (ILS) and discovery layer, library staff at Simon Fraser University (SFU) maintained duplicate database information in a locally developed electronic resources management (ERM) system known as the CUFTS ERM for fifteen months. The CUFTS ERM provided the data for the library’s public-facing database list known as the CUFTS resource database (CRDB). A database search function had been on Ex Libris’s Primo roadmap for product development and was announced six months after the library went live with Alma and Primo. However, the new Primo database search function lacked the ability to replace the CRDB. Members of the library’s ILS Steering Committee who managed Alma and Primo were concerned about significant negative impacts on end-users if the library adopted Primo to replace the CRDB. The steering committee formed a task group to investigate options for creating a database list from Alma records to reduce duplication of staff time and effort, and systems resources, and to replicate the main functions of the existing CRDB for end-user discovery and access.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

Wong¹

2020

LRTS

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“…Statistics show that as many as 98 percent of ARL libraries offer a single location for all electronic databases. 5 About 94 percent of ARL libraries have maintained an A to Z list of their e-databases. Typically, all e-databases have been listed by title.…”

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“…More than 96 percent of ARL libraries have provided such access. 8 According to Groenewegen and Huggard, "the provision of electronic resources via a library catalogue is a well-established one and is acknowledged by many institutions as an attractive method of access." 9 An example of this practice is that Lehigh University Library has enabled searching of e-resources through its online catalog so that these resources are available to all users, including distance education students.…”

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Applying the NISO Metasearch Initiative Scheme to Enhance E-Resources Management at Rutgers University Library

Sun

2011

The Serials Librarian

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This paper discusses problems in the management of library e-resources and attempts to identify potential solutions to the problems. By describing an e-resources enhancement project taken by Rutgers University Libraries, this paper points to the importance of providing contextually-rich metadata and reorganizing the accessibility of e-resources on a library's website. It introduces how this Rutgers project adopted the National Information Standards Organization Metasearch Initiative to support the identification of appropriate e-collections for metaseaching. The outcomes of the project have facilitated a dynamic display of relevant e-resources to library users as an effective way of automatic access to library e-collections.Keywords: Electronic collections, dynamic display, enhanced access to library materials INTRODUCTION Electronic subscriptions represent the largest expense for most libraries and are the heaviest used resources of in library collections. 1 At the same time, a wealth of fantastic free online resources available to libraries can also help enrich their electronic collection. It is crucial that both types of resources be readily accessible for library users through the library's web site. To facilitate use, it is important to provide quick access to users who want to meet a specific need, such as finding peerreviewed articles on a topic or to enable browsing for users to understand the difference between an abstracting and indexing resource, an e-journal aggregation site and a web site.Libraries are faced with the challenges of collecting and managing diverse e-resources and providing access to growing e-collections. Access to date has focused on developing the online catalog into a central location through which e-resources are structured and accessed via a library's web site, such as an A-Z list. Federated searching is a popular option, and has recently been expanded by many vendors into a webscale search service against all the resources of participating vendors. Google Scholar is increasingly popular for identifying resources that meet a user's needs, which are then accessed via the library. 2 All of these approaches offer partial solutions but the fundamental problem is the difficulty confronting users in understanding the complex array of electronic resources offered specific to their context of need.This article is a case study that highlights the strategies adopted by the Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) to solve this problem. It examines the National Information Standards Organization Metasearch Initiative (NISO MI) metadata schema and its modification for use by RUL to enhance searchability of the library's web site. Through the introduction of the RUL project for maximizing the online presentation of information and resources, this article explores how a new content 2 management system can help RUL reorganize its e-collection and enable users to find and use electronic resources more effectively. PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONSElectronic resources have been an integral part of collections in ...

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“…Of the 99 libraries, they found that 94 libraries had an A-Z list of databases; 95 libraries provided subject access to databases; 27 libraries had a federated search; 86 libraries had an A-Z list of electronic journals; and 55 libraries provided a citation linker. They also identified that of the 99 libraries, 37 libraries provided access to databases and a citation linker; and 17 provided access to databases, a citation linker, and a federated search (Caudle and Schmitz, 2007).…”

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The SFX citation linker and its enhancements

2010

Library Hi Tech

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to implement and enhance the citation linker that enables users to search articles, journals, and books with minimal but sufficient citation metadata. Design/methodology/approach -The research work was mainly based on experimental results with a large amount of specific articles, journals, books, and eBooks. Further Ex Libris was consulted during the implementation process. Findings -The paper found ways to implement and enhance the citation linker that facilitates citation search with minimal but sufficient citation metadata. Different methods to search papers and books were identified and possible future endeavors to enhance the citation linker by Ex Libris were also suggested. Originality/value -The paper elaborates how to implement and enhance the citation linker that facilitates citation search with minimal but sufficient citation metadata. The author did not find any research work specifically focused on configurations of the citation linker and their effects on search results for users, so the implementation experience presented in this paper should be singularly instructive for libraries implementing their citation linkers.

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Web Access to Electronic Journals and Databases in ARL Libraries

Cited by 10 publications

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Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

Applying the NISO Metasearch Initiative Scheme to Enhance E-Resources Management at Rutgers University Library

The SFX citation linker and its enhancements

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