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? Ex Libris (USA) Inc Linking Courseware to Library Resources Using OpenURL The Missing Link? CNI April 30, 2003 Oren Beit-Arie oren@ ? Ex Libris (USA) Inc OpenURL framework OpenURL Authoring tools OpenURL version 1.0 ? Ex Libris (USA) Inc Topics The Right Thing What do we want? OpenURL Framework Problem: How to provide context-sensitive links in a highly distributive and heterogeneous information landscape Solution: The OpenURL Framework: Introduction of a new component - Institutional Linking Server (such as SFX) OpenURL Specs – specs for interoperability between Info Resources and Linking Servers Van de Sompel, Herbert and Oren Beit-Arie. July, 2001. Open Linking in the Scholarly Information Environment Using the OpenURL Framework. D-Lib Magazine. 7(3). History of Linking I Source T a r g e t s OpenURL Linking Server User Specific A p p r o p r i a t e T a r g e t s Links to referenced works reference I Context Sensitive Full Text Who is a Source ? Any information Resource: subscribed/non-subscribed; electronic journals; databases, catalogs, local repositories, portals AI e-print OPAC Library Portal Course Management environment – eg Reading Lists: Course Management Environment OpenURL The Right Thing How do we make Sources OpenURL enabled? Typically, the application running the source does it What about “self-authored” web pages with citations (eg Reading lists)? Answer: Either through added technology in the relevant application (eg Course Ware) And/Or: OpenURL Authoring Tools Locating a Reference Through Discovery (Search) – Native Resources AI e-print Full Text Portal Citations Web Form Reference Manager Link Servers Are in the Heart OPAC Link Server Locating a Reference Through Discovery (Search) – Library Portal Locating a Reference Known citation The Role of the Link Server Provides the right links Tool to Save the citation and to construct the OpenURL (either directly or through a ref