The ITAM Project incl. Evaluating SFX

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The ITAM Projectincl. Evaluating SFX

• Ross MacIntyre
• MIMAS Service Manager

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Service Portfolio
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ITAM Project

• Finding the Service
• Metadatabase
• Collection Level Descriptions
• Using the Service
• Z39.50
• HTTP - OpenURL
• Standard definition
• Implementations
• Resolver trials (SFX)
• Ob/Retaining Service Information/Data
• Open Archive Initiative
• How do you evaluate infrastructural stuff?

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OpenURL NISO Committee AX

• http//library.caltech.edu/openurl/
• Members Bell Howell, CDL, CNRI, CIT, EBSCO,
  Endeavor, Elsevier, ExLibris, Getty, Los Alamos,
  Manifest Solns, MIMAS, NLM, OCLC, Openly Info,
  Sirsi, Wiley.
• Started early in 2001
• April 2003 Draft Standard v1.0 for Trial Use (May
  Nov 2003)
• 19 triallers incl MIMAS EDINA in UK

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OpenURL MIMAS Services

• zetoc
• JSTOR
• ISI Web of Science -gt ISI Web of Knowledge
• CrossFire
• LitLink

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SFX Resolver Trial

• Creating multiple instances
• Shared server
• National Default Resolver service
• Used by Plymouth, Kings College Bath
• Hosted instances
• For Bradford U of Manchester
• Compare with other OpenURL resolvers
• External evaluation

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Results NDR, Bath (Since Nov02)

• Sources Web of Science (ISI / MIMAS) Nov02,
  EMBASE (Ovid) Jan03, Sport Discus (Ovid) May03,
  Compendex (EDINA) May03, INSPEC (EDINA / Ovid)
  May03.
• Targets ACS, AIOP, APS, ACM, Synergy, Nature,
  RSC, IEEE_Xplore, AP_Ideal, Allen_Press, Ingenta,
  Emerald, Highwire, IOP, JSTOR, Kluwer, OUP, SIAM,
  Springer, Wiley, WoS Free Targets, incl. arXiv,
  DLib, PubMed, Amazon.
• Big plus Provision of new links to full-text
  for users and independent of source
  service/publisher agreements.
• even if half of the respondents didn't know
  about SFX, the half who have used it seemed quite
  positive about it

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Roles Responsibilities - Bradford

• 1. Initial Setup
• Activate sources. Inform MIMAS when sources have
  been activated.
• Decide on customisation and branding for SFX
  Menu. Provide CSS stylesheets to MIMAS if
  required.
• Decide on active targets. Provide MIMAS with URL
  for FAQ, local feedback form, ILL/DocDel. Define
  target order in SFX Menu.
• Provide local holdings in Excel or tab-delimited
  text format (include at least ISSN, local
  threshold). Check results of load into SFX for
  errors.
• Nominate a contact point. Keep a diary of events!
  This to include reasoning behind decisions,
  experiences etc. Promote service. Collect
  feedback from users.

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RR Bradford

• 2. Monthly Maintenance
• Investigate any changes to sources, targets or
  target services that may affect Bradford.
• Investigate holdings changes in monthly KB
  updates, via 'REPORT of new items on Ex Libris
  website' 'REPORT of changed items' and 'REPORT
  of deleted items' on the SFX server web page.
• Inform MIMAS if any changes are to be made to
  holdings following each monthly KB update, and
  provide these holdings in Excel or tab-delimited
  text format (include at least ISSN, local
  threshold).

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RR - MIMAS

• 1. Initial Setup
• Advise and customise SFX Menu as required.
• Activate targets as required. Provide generic FAQ
  to build on, and examples of other FAQs. Set up
  target for FAQ. Set up target for local feedback.
  Set up target for ILL/DocDel. Set up target order
  in SFX Menu as required.
• Provide initial holdings information from KB in
  tab-delimited text format.
• Check local holdings files for errors. Load local
  holdings into SFX. Provide results and brief
  analysis of loads.
• 2. Monthly Maintenance
• Investigate any changes to sources, targets or
  target services that may affect Bradford.
• Provide 'new.txt' files to Bradford that come
  with each monthly update. These can be downloaded
  from the Ex Libris FTP site, and contain new
  OBJECTS in the update.
• Load monthly local holdings changes as required.
  Provide results and brief analysis of loads.

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Results Hosted, Bradford(Since July 2002)

• 36 active Sources - most significant
• ISI Web of Science, ASSIA, Proquest ABI/INFORM
  Global, EconLit, Philosophers Index,
  SportDiscus, Medline (OVID), AMED, CINAHL,
  PsycInfo, zetoc MetaLib (though not currently
  rolled out to Users)
• 26 active Targets including
• ACM Journals, Ask a Librarian, COPAC, EBSCOhost
  EJS, Sciencedirect, FAQ, MCB Emerald, Highwire
  Press (including Free), ISI Web of Science,
  Bradford OPAC, Nature, Proquest ABI/INFORM
  Global, SwetsWise, Blackwell Synergy, Wiley
  Interscience
• Over 4,000 full text journals linked via SFX
• Only branding was to use University house style
  for SFX menu.
• Reaction from Users at Bradford has been
  overwhelmingly positive
• partnership with MIMAS has given us a relatively
  pain-free transition into the service and a solid
  basis on which to build our combined SFX/MetaLib
  service.

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SFX Statistics Include

• Number of SFX Requests/day
• Requests/Source
• Requests by Object Type (e.g. article)
• Journals Accessed
• Books Accessed
• Requests by Service Type (e.g. full text)
• Full Text Targets
• Services Preferred over full text

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of SFX Requests/Month
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Top 20 Journals - Manchester
Mar-03
Journal Title ISSN Number Of Requests
NURSING TIMES THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF NURSING 0954-7762 116
THE LANCET 0140-6736 114
SCIENCE 0036-8075 77
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 0959-8138 77
DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL 0419-4217 67
JAMA THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 0098-7484 65
NATURE 0028-0836 65
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NURSING 0966-0461 58
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 0028-4793 52
PROFESSIONAL NURSE THE LEADING UPDATE FOR CLINICAL NURSES 0266-8130 50
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 0021-972X 43
JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY 0315-162X 42
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 0021-9258 40
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL CLINICAL RESEARCH EDITION 1468-5833 38
ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 0003-9926 35
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL EDITION 0959-8146 35
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 0025-729X 34
MATURITAS 0378-5122 34
ONCOGENE AND ONCOGENE REVIEWS 0950-9232 33
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING 0309-2402 33
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Top 5 Books - Manchester
Mar-03
Book Title ISBN Number of Requests
Autobiographical memory theoretical and applied perspectives / edited by Charles P Thompson et al . 1998 0-8058-2075-2 23
Facial attractiveness evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives / edited by Gillian Rhodes and Leslie A. Zebrowitz . 2002 1-56750-636-4 12
Schizotypy implications for illness and health / edited by Gordon Claridge . 1997 0-19-852353-X 8
Facial attractiveness evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives / edited by Gillian Rhodes and Leslie A. Zebrowitz . 2002 1-56750-637-2 8
Validation in psychology / by Ellis, Hadyn Editor Macrae, Neil Editor . 2001 0-7658-0647-9 7
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Talking Shop 1 June 2002

• Implementors
• LBS, Loughborough, Royal Holloway, UEA,
  Westminster AstraZeneca
• SFX Hosting Institution
• MIMAS
• Evaluators
• Bradford, Kings College, Manchester Plymouth
• External Evaluator
• Loughborough

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Use of SFX in ac.uk

• Maximise use of (appropriate) e-resources
• to increase use of (their) e-journals
• provide links from bibliographic resources
• Help with e-journal management please!
• All sources possible, targets limited to major
  bundled deals slowly accurately
• Launch quickly but quietly

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Talking Shop 2 July 2003

• National Default Resolver Hosted Instances
• MIMAS(SFX), Bath (NDR), Bradford (Hosted)
• OpenURL Implementors
• Royal Holloway(SFX), Wetminster (Metalib/SFX),
  UEA(Metalib/SFX), Bradford(Metalib/SFX),
  Derby(1Cate), Bangor(WebBridge),
  Edinburgh(LinkFinder)
• Other OpenURL
• Project OLIVE (DiVLE), UKOLN, JISC, EDINA
• External Observers
• Loughborough
• Vendor
• Ex Libris

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External Evaluation Results

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Future

• Trial continues, self-funded from August 2003 -gt
  July 2004
• MIMAS hosting technical maintenance
• 1 day per month
• 3 institutions (initially)
• Bath, Manchester UMIST (n.b. latter two to
  become one institution during trial period)
• Talking Shop 3

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Thanks for listening

• MIMAS
• Manchester Computing
• The University of Manchester
• Oxford Road
• Manchester M13 9PL.
• Website www.mimas.ac.uk
• Email info_at_mimas.ac.uk