Mike et al,

A colleague and myself conducted a fairly detailed analysis of the free content available in Serials Solutions last spring as well as free content in SFX's knowledgebase.  We found that there were titles in both knowledgebases that were basically hybrid open access (that is, some is free, some is not)...these are obviously problematic and dealing with them is difficult, but I think the first step is to just identify them.  Additionally, we found that many of the reported date ranges in the knowledgebases were incorrect (not that surprising...this is where KBART comes into play).  We were also evaluating how many dead and incorrect links were present...it varied quite a bit.  Since there were only two of us working on it, we didn't have time to take a large sample, but I think it would be worth revisiting.

I have details of our work if anyone is interested.

Last, I'll throw another monkey-wrench into this discussion by pointing out that not everything listed in DOAJ for instance, is in fact Open Access.  This is an interesting article relevant to this discussion: http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050285

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Subject: Re: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] Free e-content - what do you do?

Hi Mike, Alan, Lesley, and all,

This is a complex but worthwhile area for exploration, and we're
hoping that phase II of the KBART project (www.uksg.org/kbart) will be
able to provide some guidance on how to handle open access and hybrid
titles within link resolver knowledge bases.

(For reference, the phase I recommendations of the KBART project will
be published in the next few weeks, and phase II will be kicking off
in the new year).

All the best,

Charlie.
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On 10 Nov 2009, at 16:01, Mike Poulin wrote:

I try to avoid the hybrid titles if at all possible and will at times
not
select collections if they have large numbers of them because it is very
frustrating to undergrads to get led to materials which they can get
access
to only parts.  That said - there are occasionally a few which I will
make
as exceptions with a note.

Our link resolver (SS) is based on titles selected and dates.  It does
not
deal with hybrids which makes them (the hybrids) to me to have little
value.  It is one of the great quandaries when considering open access
- if
it is provided via hybrids rather than stand alone OA journals - how
does
one get to the content?  If I cannot lead users reliably to the
content - I
won't provide links.

If anyone was thinking that the available free content was not worth
pursuing -  I ran a quick analysis of our free content - easy to do
via SS
but it was early this morning and I had a meeting to go to so did not
to it.

Here are the numbers on what I track at present -

Title Unique    16876
Total    titles tracked 22301

It does overlap more with subscribed titles but there is substantial
full
text which is provided - many of which have great value.

Mike

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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:57 AM, AlanSingleton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I wonder if I could add two related questions? - (and advance
> apologies for
> my ignorance on this!):
>
> (i) how do libraries get access to 'freely available' journal papers
> from
> 'hybrid' OA journals (i.e. ones that are essentially subscription-
> based,
> but
> will carry some OA material)? - I'm assuming cases where they are
> non-subscribers to the journal.
>
> (ii) do link resolvers prevent access to these hybrids in some way
> (i.e. if
> not everything is free)? - if so, can they be reconfigured to allow
> it?
>
> Alan
>
>
> Alan Singleton
> Editor
> Learned Publishing
> The Clock Tower
> Horton Hill
> HORTON
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> 44 (0 )1454 323642
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the
> Information
> Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah
> Halliday
> Sent: 10 November 2009 09:29
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] Free e-content - what do you do?
>
> Hello
>
> At the University of Hertfordshire we're undertaking a project to make
> available as much 'free' e-content as possible to our users. We're
> really
> interested in finding out what other institutions do and would be very
> grateful if you could reply to any or all of the following questions
> (and
> add any other
> comments):
>
> Do you put records for free e-content (such as reports, free to
> access e-
> books, websites) in your OPAC?  If not, how do you make this content
> available to your users?
>
> What strategy do you use to determine what free content you will make
> available to your users? How do you capture the content?
>
> If you add records for free content to your OPAC, do you only add
> items
> that
> have Marc records, or do you create records? If you create records,
> what
> tools and methodology do you use?
>
> Do you use a link checker, and if so, which one and how do you rate
> it?
> Does anyone have experience of using an open source link checker?
>
> Are you aware of any UK or international forums where free content
> capture
> is discussed, any JISC or SCONUL initiatives addressing this, and any
> relevant conferences/events featuring this?
>
> I'll happily summarise responses for the list!
> Many thanks,
>
> Sarah Halliday
> Assistant Knowledge Consultant (Information Management) Information
> Hertfordshire, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts. AL10 9AB
> email:      [log in to unmask] / phone:   01707 285769
>
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