 |
 |
Yes, that is one of the reasons for the note indicating that we had no control over what was actually available when you followed the link. I am not really a perfectionist with these things and have no expectation that SS will be able to keep 30,000 free links entirely accurate - since we don't pay for the content - I try to have limited expectations. I am more concerned that they spend time working on the paid content links but all said, I think they do a pretty good job on the free ones. More times than not - when I follow the links I get access. When I report problems - they follow up and remove links when the content has gone, add links when there is new content, and change them when I suggest changes. I cannot ask for much better. If I had to check each myself and either activate or deactivate the link - it would never get done so I accept some levels of imperfection. I do however deactivate collections which prove to have too many problematic links - e.g. at one time I tracked a collection called HAPI - Hispanic American Periodical Index which had links to full text content some of which were free. However many were to subscription titles and there was no differentiation at the time. I finally had to remove the collection since it was not predictable. SS has subsequently discontinued tracking the contents. Mike --------------------------------------- Mike Poulin Digital Resources Librarian & Coordinator of Digital Initiatives Colgate University Libraries 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 315-228-7025 fax: 315-228-7934 [log in to unmask] On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Chad Everett Hutchens <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > 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 > > -- > Chad Hutchens > Electronic Resources Librarian > University of Wyoming Libraries > Dept 3334, 1000 E University Ave. > Laramie, WY 82071-2000 > Ph: (307) 766-5560 > > > ________________________________ > From: Charlie Rapple <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information > Community <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:53:50 -0700 > To: <[log in to unmask]> > 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. > ___________________ > > Charlie Rapple > (Retiring chair of KBART) > > Head of Marketing Development > TBI Communications > 62A Church Road > Wheatley, Oxford OX33 1LZ > UK > > Tel: +44 1865 875896 > Fax: +44 1865 876346 > > [log in to unmask] > www.tbicommunications.com > > Join the MAPP: http://tinyurl.com/cbgpvr > LinkedIn group for Marketing in Academic and Professional Publishing > ___________________ > > TBI Communications Limited is a limited company registered in England > and Wales. Registered number: 5375015. Registered office: 62a Church > Road, Wheatley, Oxford, OX33 1LZ, UK > > 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 > > --------------------------------------- > Mike Poulin > Digital Resources Librarian & Coordinator of Digital Initiatives > Colgate University Libraries > 13 Oak Drive > Hamilton, NY 13346 > 315-228-7025 > fax: 315-228-7934 > [log in to unmask] > > > > > 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 > > BS37 6QN > > 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 > > > > lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG > > groups > > also available on Facebook and LinkedIn > > > > lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials > > UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn > > > > lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials > UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn > > lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials > UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn > > > lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials > UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn > lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn