Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SFX but Were Afraid to Ask

Robertson, Wendy C; Soderdahl, Paul A

doi:10.1300/j123v47n01_09

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“…Further investigation revealed that those books existed in the SFX KnowledgeBase with an inactive status. In SFX, the entire database is called the "KnowledgeBase" (Robertson and Soderdahl, 2004). Ex Libris provides a global KnowledgeBase of resource templates that can be localized by an institution to match its own collection.…”

Section: The Book Citation Linkermentioning

confidence: 99%

The SFX citation linker and its enhancements

2010

Library Hi Tech

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to implement and enhance the citation linker that enables users to search articles, journals, and books with minimal but sufficient citation metadata. Design/methodology/approach -The research work was mainly based on experimental results with a large amount of specific articles, journals, books, and eBooks. Further Ex Libris was consulted during the implementation process. Findings -The paper found ways to implement and enhance the citation linker that facilitates citation search with minimal but sufficient citation metadata. Different methods to search papers and books were identified and possible future endeavors to enhance the citation linker by Ex Libris were also suggested. Originality/value -The paper elaborates how to implement and enhance the citation linker that facilitates citation search with minimal but sufficient citation metadata. The author did not find any research work specifically focused on configurations of the citation linker and their effects on search results for users, so the implementation experience presented in this paper should be singularly instructive for libraries implementing their citation linkers.

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Section: The Book Citation Linkermentioning

confidence: 99%

The SFX citation linker and its enhancements

2010

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“…In SFX, the entire database is called the "KnowledgeBase" (Robertson and Soderdahl, 2004). Ex Libris provides a global KnowledgeBase of resource templates that can be localized and customized by an institution to match their own collection.…”

Section: Sfx Link Resolver 633mentioning

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Value‐added services for SFX link resolver: the linking service to Journal Citation Reports

2010

The Electronic Library

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to recount the implementation process of the special effects (SFX) linking to Journal Citation Reports (JCR) at the Briggs Library, South Dakota State University. Design/methodology/approach -Following the standard procedure developed by this paper, the research work consulted Ex Libris Customer Center, Listservs and library science literature for existing solutions to implement the SFX linking to JCR. The integration of JCR with SFX at University of Iowa Libraries was identified. Based on their implementation experience, the Briggs Library developed a more efficient method, which followed SFX standards. Findings -A standard procedure has been developed that should be adopted for implementing new SFX services. A new target parser for JCR was created, which can become a global SFX target parser once its responsibility for updates is transferred to Ex Libris. The new method for implementing the SFX linking to JCR was invented. Originality/value -The paper provides a standard procedure for implementing new SFX services. The method for implementing the SFX linking to JCR should be instructive when implementing similar projects.

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“…Articles that address the technical background and applications of SFX include those by Robertson and Soderdahl (2004), Twiss-Brooks (2003), Curran (2006), andHolman (2005). Possibly the best overview is by Cochenour, Jaramillo, and Wilde (2004).…”

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“…They walk readers through the SFX basics, covering all the information needed to get started with SFX including terminology, the KnowledgeBase, staffing implications, and customization. The Robertson and Soderdahl (2004) article provides an overview of the technical workings of SFX and addresses its basic capabilities and terminology. Twiss-Brooks (2003) discusses the implementation of SFX at the University of Chicago, before the SFX upgrade released in 2003 that resulted in a more robust statistical component.…”

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SFX Statistical Reports: A Primer for Collection Assessment Librarians

Chrzastowski

Norman

Miller

2009

Collection Management

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SFX, an OpenURL link resolver, was implemented at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library in late 2005. Data from the SFX statistical reporting package are providing yet another look at how library users navigate and utilize electronic resources. However, unlike other statistical reports, such as electronic use statistics provided by vendors, SFX data cover both successful and unsuccessful links, meaning that libraries can identify items patrons wanted, but which were not (for some reason) available. And while SFX cannot totally replicate use data from publishers (since it cannot track bookmarked links resulting from use outside the library's links), it can provide statistical use data in place of publishers who simply do not offer this service, which often includes smaller or more specialized publishers. SFX data also cover multiple databases and vendors, combining use and nonuse data in one statistical package. This paper provides an overview of the 20 established statistical reports available through the SFX statistics module. Suggestions are offered for how the data from these reports can be used to answer questions about how academic journal collections and their indexes are being used and what users need but are not finding.

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SFX but Were Afraid to Ask

Cited by 7 publications

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The SFX citation linker and its enhancements

The SFX citation linker and its enhancements

Value‐added services for SFX link resolver: the linking service to Journal Citation Reports

SFX Statistical Reports: A Primer for Collection Assessment Librarians

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