Why OpenURL?
"
Why OpenURL?"
D-Lib MagazineMay 2006Ann Apps and Ross MacIntyre
Abstract
The improvement of access to scholarly literature caused by electronic journal publishing quickly led to the wish for seamless linking to referenced articles. This article looks at the evolution of linking technologies with a particular focus on OpenURL, now a NISO standard. The implications for stakeholders in the supply chain are explored, including publishers, intermediaries, libraries and readers. The benefits, expectations and business drivers are examined. The article also highlights some novel, existing and potential future, uses, including increased user-empowerment and possibilities beyond referencing traditional bibliographic material.
Ingenta TOC alerts
Information on adding openURL links or creating RSS feeds for Tables of Contents alerting (InTouch) from IngentaConnect can be found
here.
{BTW, ingenta's links are inexcusably complicated to copy and paste, particularly for subscribers--like me--who wish to share information with non-subscribers--like you, Gentle Blog Reader. grr.}
Update: Kirsty Meddings, Product Development Manager for IngentaConnect, was kind enough to send me a link to a web page that links to detailed instructions on how to create links within IngentaConnect, including how to construct openURLs that link to articles. It doesn't, imho, address the problem that I refer to above, where URLs are rewritten to contain the name of the subscribing library, but it's a great reference for creating links to journals and articles. Thanks, Kirsty.
ICPSR members...
Can fill out
this form to begin implementation of OpenURL links in ICPSR. I don't yet know what this looks like (as I just filled out the form myself).
