Just out of interest, does anyone have any stats or indication of
whether they're getting hits on their repository items direct from these
services?
I know a lot of institutions haven't yet decided to subscribe to Web
Citation Index, or Current Web Contents, but as Theo suggests, surely
it's a good thing to have as much exposure to content as possible?
I've been having a quick look at Web Citation Index again this morning,
and it seems that they're now doing things to try to add value to their
info on records held in Repositories (adding citation details that
aren't necessarily held by the Repository, for example). It'd be really
impressive if they started providing links to Repository items direct
from Web of Science, but I think the chances of them being persuaded to
do that are pretty slim...
Cheers,
Tom George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DSpace UK Usergroup [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Theo Andrew
> Sent: 14 February 2007 12:04
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FW: Welcome to Current Web Contents from Thomson
> Scientific
>
> Hi All
>
> I actually find it reassuring that a corporation like Thomson
> Scientific
> thinks it is worthwhile to develop these value-added services based on
> content in our repositories.
>
> Not only does it shows that we have already built up a
> substantial corpus of
> Open Access material (a collective pat on the back to all!), but it is
> another sign that the work we are doing is subtly changing
> the traditional
> scholarly publishing landscape for the better.
>
> Good job everyone - keep up the good work
>
> Theo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DSpace UK Usergroup [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of John
> Murtagh
> Sent: 14 February 2007 11:41
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> Subject: Re: FW: Welcome to Current Web Contents from Thomson
> Scientific
>
> Hi Sarah
>
> Yes we don't have it either and to be honest we have a
> hundred databases we
> subscribe to, could have a marketing page for our repository
> but it would
> need constant updating.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DSpace UK Usergroup [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Sarah
> E Taylor
> Sent: 14 February 2007 11:24
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> Subject: Re: FW: Welcome to Current Web Contents from Thomson
> Scientific
>
> Hi John,
>
> We've had this too - and have ignored it. Current Web
> Contents is something
> you have to pay for, so seems to be somewhat contrary to the
> notion of open
> access!
>
> Sarah
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> >>> John Murtagh <[log in to unmask]> 14/02/2007 10:10:15 >>>
> Hello all,
>
> I just wondered if anyone had been given the offer seen below
> from Thomson
> Scientific.
>
> Our repository content is now being used for their
> "prestigious database"
> and offers us the use of their logo on our website.
>
> Anyone else been sent this, anyone taken up their offer of a
> logo on their
> website?
>
> Intrigued
>
> John Murtagh
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