1. energize your thinking TM “An Overview about the History of Linking” Erik Jan van Kleef Regional Director Central & Eastern Europe Ovid Technologies LIDA ConferenceMay 27 th 2004

2. energize your thinking TM Linking Strategy There is a high investment in external resources

3. energize your thinking TM Linking Strategy Integration of the resources is key

4. energize your thinking TM Linking Strategy Otherwise there are silos of information which are not interacting

5. energize your thinking TM A live example A live integration example of Semmelweis University, Budapest/ Hungary

6. energize your thinking TM A live example – Semmelweis University, source: Dr. Livia Vasas, Central Library/ Semmelweis University

7. energize your thinking TM A live example – Semmelweis University, source: Dr. Livia Vasas, Central Library/ Semmelweis University

8. energize your thinking TM A live example – Semmelweis University, source: Dr. Livia Vasas, Central Library/ Semmelweis University

9. energize your thinking TM Linking Strategy ”If an institution has purchased any kind of content, every user of this institution should have the opportunity to use it, no matter from which place and no matter where the content is.”

10. energize your thinking TM Linking First generation –OpenLinks, SilverLinker –Linking bibliographic databases (A+I) to full text – Endevour –LinkPlus

11. energize your thinking TM Pre-Linksolver era... Database z.B. CSA, Ebsco, Dialog, Ovid Database z.B. CSA, Ebsco, Dialog, Ovid Full Text 1 Full Text 2 Link-Produkt

12. energize your thinking TM Linking Second Generation –Universal (Central) Link Resolvers  Difficult and time-consuming to implement  Time-consuming maintenance  SFX  PERL Programming

13. energize your thinking TM A bit later... Ovid CSA Ebsco Science Direct Full Text Journals@Ovid Full Text Via Aggregator Full Text Via CrossRef DOI Doc Delivery, InfoTrieve, ILL Local Holdings (OPAC) Internet Resources Link- Produkt

14. energize your thinking TM Ovid LinkSolver Third Generation –Universal (Central) Link Resolver –Easy and hassle-free initial set-up and maintenance –Plenty of features

15. energize your thinking TM Ovid LinkSolver Ovid CSA Ebsco Science Direct Full Text Journals@Ovid Full Text Via Aggregator Full Text Via CrossRef DOI Doc Delivery, InfoTrieve, ILL Local Holdings (OPAC) Internet Resources Ovid LinkSolver Ovid LinkSolver Genome Db Amazon.com etc.

16. energize your thinking TM LinkSolver Universal (Central) Linking Resolver Link from Anywhere to Anywhere

17. energize your thinking TM Ovid LinkSolver Details –Links from any source application to any OpenURL-compatible information target –Central Up-to-date-Link repository –Easy configuration and administration –Selection of coverage years for journals –„plug and play“

18. energize your thinking TM Ovid LinkSolver Details –Links to relevant Internet ressources  Not only full text... –Article databases –Author Databases –Genome datenbases –External und internal web sites –Links to local (print) holdings ressources via OPACs –Links to document delivery services

19. energize your thinking TM Ovid LinkSolver Additional features –Links from Journals@Ovid reference section to externally hosted electronic full text articles –“One Click Access” to full text from Ovid and WebSPIRS

20. energize your thinking TM Ovid LinkSolver Easy Administration –Import Tool for upload of elektronic subscription lists, f.i. from an OPAC or another serials management tool. –Other customization options (images) –Consortia Administration (copy group settings) –fast: Implementation, days – not months –drag and drop: No PERL programming –online: Central Link Repository at Ovid – no additional Hardware or Server requirements

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40. From Ebsco to Elsevier

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45. From Database to JCR

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