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1 JournalTOCs Lisa Rogers, Santy Chumbe & Roger Rist Institute for Computer Based Learning - Heriot-Watt University

2 Background 6 months JISC Rapid Innovation Project Allows searching of the latest Tables of Contents of over 12,000 journals from over 420 publishers. Content in JournalTOCs collected using ticTOCs Data Set. Developing a freely available API. http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/

3 API Methods Journal http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/journals Articles http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/articles MyTOCS http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/emailAddress Registered Institution http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/applicationID

4 Journals Examples List of Journals whose titles contain keywords i.e. learning technology http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ journals/learning technology List of latest articles from a journal given the ISSN i.e. 0906-4710 http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ journals/0906-4710

5 Articles Examples Find recent articles published by an Institution i.e. Heriot-Watt University http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ articles/“Heriot Watt University” Find recent articles published by an author i.e Dorothy Bishop http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ articles/Dorothy+Bishop

6 MyTOCs Examples List of Journals selected by a user i.e. Roddy MacLeod http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ r.a.macleod@hw.ac.uk http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ r.a.macleod@hw.ac.uk

7 Institution Example Searches across articles that Heriot-Watt University has a subscription to http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ HeriotWatt/corrosion http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api/ HeriotWatt/corrosion

8 Results Format RSS 1.0 with: –Dublin Core Module –PRISM Module –Content Module Based on RSSRSS Recommendations from ticTOCs project + for affiliation

9 Monitoring Journals

10 Use Case 1 Identifying new content for IRs –Query by name of institution/author list –Returns a list of articles What to do with the results? –Could use the list to find the authors and ask to manually deposit –Create a new (draft) entry in repository.

11 Use Case 2 Metadata Enhancement (i.e. to check/update published status) –Query by title/keywords/author etc. –Returns an article/list of possible matches What to do with the results? –Manually check article to see if correct –Correct/update metadata manually –Automatically update entry?

12 Other Use Cases Add RSS Feeds to your library catalogue. Researcher Current awareness: Keep up- to-date with articles containing particular keywords. Show others journals that you follow. Embed localised search results into library website. (Demo) http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/library/http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/library/

13 Issues We are reliant on publishers providing author affiliation. Rely on publishers providing structured metadata in their RSS Feeds. Discrimination: How to deal with authors with the same name.

14 Contact Lisa Rogers –L.J.Rogers@hw.ac.ukL.J.Rogers@hw.ac.uk –@lisajrogers on twitter Santiago Chumbe –S.Chumbe@hw.ac.ukS.Chumbe@hw.ac.uk –@santychumbe on twitter


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