Hi Roddy,
Thanks for the post. I never knew about the TOC services/projects that you
mentioned. I was also unaware of the WattJournals softare.
There are three other open-source library meta-search engines that I am
aware of. These are LibraryFind, DBWhiz, and Pazpar2.
Can these packages use the TOC services like WattJournals, I wonder? Or, is
WattJournals in fact based on one of these frameworks?
David.
On 8 June 2010 12:17, Roddy MacLeod <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I've just written a blog post entitled "Every university library should
> have one of these, but so far, only one does" - which could equally apply to
> college libraries:
> http://roddymacleod.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/every-university-library-should-have-one-of-these-but-so-far-only-one-does/
>
> Towards the middle of the post is featured the first (and so far only)
> example of a new low cost alternative to expensive A&I database search
> services, and is called WattJournals
> http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/wattjournals.php
>
> This is an example of a customisable search service with a local interface.
> It searches only journals to which a library (in this particular case,
> Heriot-Watt) subscribes (plus some OA journals). Full text availability is
> guaranteed for members of the university concerned, it has a simple
> easy-to-use interface, etc. WattJournals essentially provides access to the
> content of those Heriot-Watt University subscribed journals which have Table
> of Contents (TOC) RSS feeds. There are now over 14,000 journals with TOC
> RSS feeds. WattJournals also enables searches to be saved for later use,
> and the export of citations to EndNote.
>
> As libraries are faced with financial cutbacks, many may be forced to
> cancel subscriptions to expensive database search services. What will
> replace them? Google? A low-cost alternative similar to WattJournals may
> be an alternative.
>
> The details are contained in my blog post, and I think this may be of great
> interest to some libraries.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Roddy MacLeod
>
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