Michael, please would it be possible to send me details of the open source 
system you are using?
Kind regards,

Hannah
Southampton Solent University



From:   Michael Gonzalez <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask]
Date:   27/05/2010 12:52
Subject:        Re: Dead links in reading lists
Sent by:        Discussion of solutions for providing Reading Lists in 
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Hi Rachel

At UWS we have adapted the open source (readings direct) system for our 
reading lists. All of our URL's are stored within a database and checked 
daily using the link checker from our website. 

We are now looking to upgrade the system to use our link resolver for 
webpages. 

An example of one of our lists can be seen at: 
http://readings.uws.edu.au//imageserver/readings.php?ci=161

Michael 

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From: Discussion of solutions for providing Reading Lists in academic 
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Rachael Morgan
Sent: Thursday, 27 May 2010 7:19 PM
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Subject: Dead links in reading lists

Dear Colleagues

Here at the University of Glamorgan we?ve been using Talislist for a 
number of years but haven?t managed to resolve the issue of locating dead 
links in reading lists. 

Our current solution is to add a statement at the top of each list, asking 
for dead links to be reported to an attached e-mail address.  However, 
we?ve only received messages from this e-mail address a handful of times 
and know that there are many more dead links out there than have been 
reported!

We will soon be implementing the SFX link resolver, solving the problem 
for many of our resources, but we will still be left with general web 
links potentially going dead.  There are currently over 4,000 resources in 
our reading lists that won?t be dealt with by SFX ? too many to check 
manually - and this number keeps growing. 

We would be grateful if colleagues could share with us their experiences 
of locating dead links in their online reading lists, even if it?s a 
method that hasn?t been effective.

Many thanks,
Rachael Morgan
Digital Resources Librarian
Learning Resources Centre
University of Glamorgan
01443 482607
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