End User Access to Kinetica

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End User Access to Kinetica

• Sue Clarke
• University of Melbourne
• Kinetica Annual User Group
• 8 9th August 2002

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Themes

• University of Melbourne approach to end user
  access to scholarship for teaching, learning and
  research
• Kinetica (and associated databases) as a part of
  that approach

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Approach

• Working Party on End User Access to Kinetica
• Options and approaches were considered
• Direct Link to Kinetica Web
• Z39.50 Link to Kinetica

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Overview

• Why provide end user access to Kinetica?
• Policy on who will be able to have access to
  Kinetica
• How access will be provided
• Authentication
• Costs / Budgets
• Support for end users
• Evaluation

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Access Points to Kinetica

• Library web page
• Innopac catalogue
• Buddy provides integrated access to electronic
  resources

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Authentication

• Restricted to authorised users, students and
  staff of the University of Melbourne
• Buddy interface has authentication functionality
• Using Innovative product to retrieve patron
  information
• Authenticate by surname and barcode

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Cost

• Kinetica Site Licence covers end user searches
• Separate logon for end users
• End user rate
• 55c per search Kinetica / CJK
• 1.10 for RLIN

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Statistics on Use

• Kinetica Usage reports
• Buddy
• 400 hits per month

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Support for End Users

• User Guide available on the web as part of the
  Database Search Guides

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Who is using it ?

• Postgraduates use Kinetica to find obscure items
  or theses
• Enabling users to have access to such a large
  database with holdings, reduces the time they
  need to search individual library catalogues
• 60 of postgraduates work full time and study
  part time
• Access to Kinetica from home or work makes it a
  valuable locational tool

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The Future

• Reviewing our strategy for the provision for the
  information for end user access
• Consolidation of ILMS, Buddy, Library web portal
  and public access capabilities
• Kinetica will be considered as an integral part
  of that strategy