ltr: Vol. 46 Issue 7: p. 34
Chapter 5: Sources and Resources
Cindi Trainor
Jason Price

Abstract

This chapter provides citations for articles and websites that the authors used to compose this report as well as sources that provide background or further information relevant to the topics addressed.


OpenURL

Beit-Arie, Oren, Priscilla Caplan, Miriam Blake, Dale Flecker, Tim Ingoldsby, Laurence Lannom, William Mischo, Edward Pentz, Sally Rogers, and Herbert Van de Sompel. “Linking to the Appropriate Copy: Report of a DOI-Based Prototype.” D-Lib Magazine 7, no. 9 (Sept. 2001), www.dlib.org/dlib/september01/caplan/09caplan.html (accessed Dec. 3, 2003; URL verified July 28, 2010).

Chandler, Adam. “Results of L'Année Philologique Online OpenURL Quality Investigation.” Mellon Planning Grant Final Report, Feb. 2009, http://bit.ly/chandler-mellon (accessed Aug. 4, 2010).

Grogg, Jill E. “Linking and the OpenURL.” Library Technology Reports 42, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2006), available for purchase at http://bit.ly/LTRgrogg (accessed Aug. 5, 2010).

This report serves as an excellent introduction to the need for and development of OpenURL, as well as a summary of products for and uses of linking available in 2006.

KBART: Knowledge Bases and Related Tools Working Group. www.niso.org/workrooms/kbart (accessed July 28, 2010).

KBART Phase I Best Practices. www.niso.org/publications/rp (accessed July 30, 2010).

KBART 5.3.2.1: Data Fields and Labels. www.uksg.org/kbart/s5/guidelines/data_field_labels (accessed July 28, 2010).

KBART Registry. http://sites.google.com/site/kbartregistry (accessed July 28, 2010).

LeBlanc, Jim. “Measuring the Quality of OpenURLs: An Interview with Adam Chandler.” Information Standards Quarterly 22, no. 2 (Spring 2010): 51–52, http://bit.ly/leblanc-chandler (accessed July 28, 2010).

National Information Standards Organization. “IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics: Group to Conduct Two-Year Project to Evaluate Metrics.” NISO website, www.niso.org/workrooms/openurlquality (accessed July 30, 2010).


The Semantic Web and COinS

Bailey, Annette and Godmar Beck. “Retrieving Known Items with LibX.” The Serials Librarian 53, no. 4 (2008): 125–140.

Chudnov, Daniel. “COinS for the Link Trail.” Library Journal netConnect, Summer 2006: 8.

COinS. http://ocoins.info. This is the official website for COinS information, including specifications, implementation guidelines, links to software and sites that use COins, and a COinS generator useful for creating code to embed on any webpage. (accessed July 30, 2010).

Coombs, Karen. “Microformats: Context Inline.” Library Journal, no. 7 (April 15, 2009): 64.

Coyle, Karen. “Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata.” Library Technology Reports 46, no. 1 (Jan. 2010).

Microformats specifications. Microformats.org website, http://microformats.org (accessed July 30, 2010).


Browser Extensions

Chrome Microformats extension. https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/igipijakdobkinkdmiiadhghmbjhciol (accessed Aug. 5, 2010).

LibX. http://libx.org (accessed July 30, 2010).

OpenURL Referrer. www.openly.com/openurlref/ (accessed July 30, 2010).

Operator Firefox plugin. http://microformats.org/wiki/Operator (accessed July 30, 2010).


SFX

Brooks-Kieffer, Jamene. “Working the Workaround: DTFT Local.” Jan. 21, 2010, http://ksulib.typepad.com/sfxdoc/2010/01/working-the-workaround.html (accessed July 28, 2010).

Chrzastowski, Tina E., Michael Norman and Sarah Elizabeth Miller. “SFX Statistical Reports: A Primer for Collection Assessment Librarians.” Collection Management 34, no. 4 (2009): 286–303.

Cummings, Joel, and Ryan Johnson. “The Use and Usability of SFX: Context-Sensitive Reference Linking.” Library Hi Tech 21, no 1 (2003): 70–84.

Stowers, Eva, and Cory Tucker. “Using Link Resolver Reports for Collection Management.” Serials Review 35, no 1 (March 2009): 28–34.

Wakimoto, Jina Choi, David S. Walker, and Katherine S. Dabbour. “The Myths and Realities of SFX in Academic Libraries.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 32, no. 2 (March 2006): 127–136, ISSN 0099–1333, DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2005.12.008, http://bit.ly/JALwakimoto (accessed Aug. 4, 2010).

Walker, David. “Chameleon SFX Catalog Integration Plugin.” March 22, 2010, www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/SFXCC/Chameleon+SFX+Catalog+Integration+Plugin (accessed July 30, 2010).

Walker, David. “Integrating Print Holdings into SFX.” Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, and Electronic Reserve 15, no. 3 (Feb. 2005): 95–108.

Walker, David. “Improving the SFX Menu.” Jan. 3, 2007, http://library.calstate.edu/walker/2007/improving-the-sfx-menu/#more-26 (accessed July 30, 2010).


Usability and User Experience

Adaptive Path blog. www.adaptivepath.com/blog.

Alertbox from Jacob Neilsen. www.useit.com/alertbox.

King, David Lee. Designing the Digital Experience: How to Use Experience Design Tools and Techniques to Build Websites Customers Love. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2008.

Krug, Steve. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd ed. Berkeley, CA: New Riders Press, 1995. Also see the companion website, www.sensible.com/dmmt.html, for a sample usability script and other resources.

Schmidt, Aaron. “The User Experience.” Recurring column in Library Journal. 2010.



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