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JournalTOCs Lisa Rogers, Santy Chumbe & Roger Rist Institute for Computer Based Learning - Heriot-Watt University
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Results Format RSS 1.0 with: –Dublin Core Module –PRISM Module –Content Module Based on RSSRSS Recommendations from ticTOCs project + for affiliation
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Monitoring Journals
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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.
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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?
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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/
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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.
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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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