LinkFinderPlus at the University of Edinburgh – the story so far…… Liz Stevenson Edinburgh University Library
ENCompass Endeavor Information Systems Inc Purchased on behalf of the University of Edinburgh Joint purchase with the National Library of Scotland
ENCompass Digital Collections: local collections – exam papers, finding aids, streaming video, teaching resources Resource Access: federated searching of remote databases LinkFinderPlus: OpenURL resolver
Implementation timetable Contract signed December 2002 Project planning Project Team On site training: March 2003 Installation and set up
Project Team: ENCompass Project management Metadata Interface design LinkFinderPlus Resources & Collections Liaison and Promotion Managing user expectations
Pilot project Exemplar site, selected data resources Subgroups User training On-going development issues Continually growing resources
LinkFinderPlus: Targets Targets activated to date: –SwetsWise –ScienceDirect –ingenta –JSTOR –Springer –Nature
LinkFinderPlus: Sources Test only –SwetsWise –FirstSearch –ScienceDirect September-October 2003 Wider implementation
LinkFinderPlus: Sources Issues WOK & SwetsWise: compliant, but only SFX button available BIDS: only SilverPlatter services available Linguistics Abstracts Online not compliant till 2004 Educational Research Abstracts Online not compliant
LinkFinderPlus Activation of multiple targets Accuracy of local holdings Accuracy of aggregators data Improved access to full text Choice of sources, if required Alternative services
LinkFinderPlus Split runs & Moving walls Maintenance Library Catalogue Web list Third party assistance?
LinkFinderPlus Interface Extended services Link wording Development work Staffing
The University of Edinburgh Collections Gateway test site Liz Stevenson