1. Primary funding is provided by the JISC and ESRC. Based at Manchester Computing, The University of Manchester. 1 1 The ITAM Project incl. Evaluating SFX Ross MacIntyre MIMAS Service Manager

2. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 2 Service Portfolio

3. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 3 ITAM Project 1.Finding the Service –Metadatabase –Collection Level Descriptions 2.Using the Service –Z39.50 –HTTP - OpenURL Standard definition Implementations Resolver trials (SFX) 3.Ob/Retaining Service Information/Data –Open Archive Initiative 4.How do you evaluate infrastructural stuff?

4. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 4 OpenURL NISO Committee AX http://library.caltech.edu/openurl/ Members: Bell & Howell, CDL, CNRI, CIT, EBSCO, Endeavor, Elsevier, ExLibris, Getty, Los Alamos, Manifest Solns, MIMAS, NLM, OCLC, Openly Info, Sirsi, Wiley. Started early in 2001 April 2003 Draft Standard v1.0 for Trial Use (May – Nov 2003) 19 ‘triallers’ incl MIMAS & EDINA in UK

5. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 5 OpenURL & MIMAS Services zetoc JSTOR ISI Web of Science -> ISI Web of Knowledge CrossFire LitLink

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8. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 8 SFX Resolver Trial Creating multiple instances Shared server National Default Resolver service –Used by Plymouth, King’s College & Bath Hosted instances –For Bradford & U of Manchester Compare with other OpenURL resolvers External evaluation

9. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 9 Results – NDR, Bath (Since Nov02) Sources: Web of Science (ISI / MIMAS) Nov02, EMBASE (Ovid) Jan03, Sport Discus (Ovid) May03, Compendex (EDINA) May03, INSPEC (EDINA / Ovid) May03. Targets: ACS, AIOP, APS, ACM, Synergy, Nature, RSC, IEEE_Xplore, AP_Ideal, Allen_Press, Ingenta, Emerald, Highwire, IOP, JSTOR, Kluwer, OUP, SIAM, Springer, Wiley, WoS & Free Targets, incl. arXiv, DLib, PubMed, Amazon. Big plus = Provision of new links to full-text for users and independent of source service/publisher agreements. “even if half of the respondents didn't know about SFX, the half who have used it seemed quite positive about it “

10. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 10 Roles & Responsibilities - Bradford 1. Initial Setup Activate sources. Inform MIMAS when sources have been activated. Decide on customisation and branding for SFX Menu. Provide CSS stylesheets to MIMAS if required. Decide on active targets. Provide MIMAS with URL for: FAQ, local feedback form, ILL/DocDel. Define target order in SFX Menu. Provide local holdings in Excel or tab-delimited text format (include at least ISSN, local threshold). Check results of load into SFX for errors. Nominate a contact point. Keep a diary of events! This to include reasoning behind decisions, experiences etc. Promote service. Collect feedback from users.

11. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 11 R&R – Bradford 2. Monthly Maintenance Investigate any changes to sources, targets or target services that may affect Bradford. Investigate holdings changes in monthly KB updates, via 'REPORT of new items on Ex Libris website'; 'REPORT of changed items' and 'REPORT of deleted items' on the SFX server web page. Inform MIMAS if any changes are to be made to holdings following each monthly KB update, and provide these holdings in Excel or tab-delimited text format (include at least ISSN, local threshold).

12. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 12 R&R - MIMAS 1. Initial Setup Advise and customise SFX Menu as required. Activate targets as required. Provide generic FAQ to build on, and examples of other FAQs. Set up target for FAQ. Set up target for local feedback. Set up target for ILL/DocDel. Set up target order in SFX Menu as required. Provide initial holdings information from KB in tab-delimited text format. Check local holdings files for errors. Load local holdings into SFX. Provide results and brief analysis of loads. 2. Monthly Maintenance Investigate any changes to sources, targets or target services that may affect Bradford. Provide 'new.txt' files to Bradford that come with each monthly update. These can be downloaded from the Ex Libris FTP site, and contain new OBJECTS in the update. Load monthly local holdings changes as required. Provide results and brief analysis of loads.

13. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 13 Results – Hosted, Bradford (Since July 2002) 36 active Sources - most significant: ISI Web of Science, ASSIA, Proquest ABI/INFORM Global, EconLit, Philosopher’s Index, SportDiscus, Medline (OVID), AMED, CINAHL, PsycInfo, zetoc & MetaLib (though not currently rolled out to Users) 26 active Targets including: ACM Journals, Ask a Librarian, COPAC, EBSCOhost EJS, Sciencedirect, FAQ, MCB Emerald, Highwire Press (including ‘Free’), ISI Web of Science, Bradford OPAC, Nature, Proquest ABI/INFORM Global, SwetsWise, Blackwell Synergy, Wiley Interscience Over 4,000 full text journals linked via SFX Only branding was to use University house style for SFX menu. “Reaction from Users at Bradford has been overwhelmingly positive” “partnership with MIMAS has given us a relatively pain-free transition into the service and a solid basis on which to build our combined SFX/MetaLib service.“

14. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 14 SFX Statistics Include Number of SFX Requests/day Requests/Source Requests by Object Type (e.g. article) Journals Accessed Books Accessed Requests by Service Type (e.g. full text) Full Text Targets Services Preferred over full text

15. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 15 # of SFX Requests/Month

16. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 16 Top 20 Journals - Manchester Mar-03 Journal TitleISSNNumber Of Requests NURSING TIMES THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF NURSING0954-7762116 THE LANCET0140-6736114 SCIENCE0036-807577 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL0959-813877 DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL0419-421767 JAMA THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION0098-748465 NATURE0028-083665 BRITISH JOURNAL OF NURSING0966-046158 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE0028-479352 PROFESSIONAL NURSE THE LEADING UPDATE FOR CLINICAL NURSES0266-813050 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM0021-972X43 JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY0315-162X42 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY0021-925840 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL CLINICAL RESEARCH EDITION1468-583338 ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE0003-992635 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL EDITION0959-814635 MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA0025-729X34 MATURITAS0378-512234 ONCOGENE AND ONCOGENE REVIEWS0950-923233 JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING0309-240233

17. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 17 Top 5 Books - Manchester Mar-03 Book TitleISBN Number of Requests Autobiographical memory : theoretical and applied perspectives / edited by Charles P Thompson [et al]. 1998 0-8058- 2075-223 Facial attractiveness : evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives / edited by Gillian Rhodes and Leslie A. Zebrowitz. 2002 1-56750- 636-412 Schizotypy : implications for illness and health / edited by Gordon Claridge. 1997 0-19- 85235 3-X8 Facial attractiveness : evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives / edited by Gillian Rhodes and Leslie A. Zebrowitz. 2002 1-56750- 637-28 Validation in psychology / [by] Ellis, Hadyn [Editor] ; Macrae, Neil [Editor]. 2001 0-7658- 0647-97

18. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 18 Talking Shop 1 – June 2002 Implementors –LBS, Loughborough, Royal Holloway, UEA, Westminster & AstraZeneca SFX Hosting Institution –MIMAS Evaluators –Bradford, King’s College, Manchester & Plymouth External Evaluator –Loughborough

19. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 19 Use of SFX in ‘ac.uk’ Maximise use of (appropriate) e-resources 1.to increase use of (their) e-journals 2.provide links from bibliographic resources Help with e-journal management – please! All sources possible, targets limited to major ‘bundled’ deals – ‘slowly & accurately’ Launch ‘quickly but quietly’

20. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 20 Talking Shop 2 – July 2003 National Default Resolver & Hosted Instances: –MIMAS(SFX), Bath (NDR), Bradford (Hosted) OpenURL Implementors: –Royal Holloway(SFX), Wetminster (Metalib/SFX), UEA(Metalib/SFX), Bradford(Metalib/SFX), Derby(1Cate), Bangor(WebBridge), Edinburgh(LinkFinder+) Other OpenURL: –Project OLIVE (DiVLE), UKOLN, JISC, EDINA External Observers: –Loughborough Vendor: –Ex Libris

21. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 21 External Evaluation Results This slide is intentionally blank

22. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 22 Future Trial continues, self-funded from August 2003 -> July 2004 MIMAS hosting & technical maintenance –1 day per month 3 institutions (initially): –Bath, Manchester & UMIST (n.b. latter two to become one institution during trial period) Talking Shop 3

23. The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 23 Thanks for listening MIMAS Manchester Computing The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL. Website: www.mimas.ac.uk Email: info@mimas.ac.uk