Linking Endeavor

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Linking _at_ Endeavor
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Nick Phipps Regional Account Manager
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Quick Introduction to Endeavor

• More than 1,100 customers across 16 countries
• Fastest growing provider of integrated library
  systems since our inception in 1994
• Focus on academic and research organisations
• Our flagship solutions
• Voyager Integrated Library Management System
• ENCompass Library Portal Digital Object
  Management Solution
• LinkFinderPlus Open Linking Tool
• Distribution and support network of 16 offices
  worldwide

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Background

• Launched in 2001
• Active member on NISO committee AX on OpenURL
• Now in its 4th release (v 3.5)
• 150 customers across more than 10 countries
• Recent libraries Uni Edinburgh, Uni
  Hertfordshire, Open Uni, National University
  Singapore, Uni Auckland, Uni Otago
• European User Group and Advisory Board
• Subscription Service announced in August 2003

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Basic Features

• Links from any OpenURL enabled source
• Full-text journals
• Abstracting and Indexing databases
• OPAC
• Federated Search Applications / Portals (e.g.
  ENCompass)
• Digital Object Management Systems (e.g.
  ENCompass)
• Courseware Applications
• Etc.
• Knowledge Base contains more than 22,000
  pre-configured targets automatic updates
• Extended Services (e.g. OPAC, ILL, search
  engines, etc.)
• UNICODE compliant
• Windows administration client

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AN EXAMPLE
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Distinguishing Features

• Linking is no goal in itself !
• Its about the user
• Its about easy of use
• Its about efficient and effective navigation
• Three powerful features
• Invoke
• Subscription Request
• XSL Stylesheets

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Invoke - an example
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Invoke - an example
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Distinguishing Features

• Invoke
• Many users want full-text, and nothing but
  full-text
• Extended services can be useful, but also
  confusing
• The INVOKE option can be turned on/off for every
  individual target (database/journal)

Article
YES
How does it work?
1 click!

• IF
• full-text
• subscription

Extended Services
NO
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Distinguishing Features

• 2. Service Request
• Again, objective is to reduce the number of steps
  for the user!
• The Service Request function allows the source
  to request LinkFinderPlus to send information
  about targets (e.g. full-text or extended
  service)
• As a result, pre-qualified targets are
  displayed within the source!

Step 1 Service Request
How does it work?
1 click!
Step 2 Target Information
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Distinguishing Features

• 3. XSL Stylesheets
• The LinkFinderPlus interface can be FULLY
  customized
• Language (fully UNICODE compliant)
• User Options (which options, in which order,
  etc.)
• Display (colors, fonts, window size, link
  formats, etc.)
• Institutional Branding (logos, banners,
  hyperlinks, etc.)

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Distinguishing Features

• How do we make it easy for the Library?
• Easy to use system administration
• Easy implementation
• Easy configuration and maintenance of targets
• Three powerful features
• Graphical system administration interface
• Batch loading of target (subscription)
  information
• Subscription Service

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Distinguishing Features

• 1. Graphical System Admin Interface
• Windows conventions copy, paste, click, drag,
  etc.
• Activate/edit one target (a journal) or all
  targets within a site (database)
• Ranking targets
• Add/edit site information (host name, path, user
  name, password, etc)
• Add/edit your own targets
• Activate/edit extended services
• UNICODE compliant

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Distinguishing Features

• 2. Batch loading of target information
• Partnership with SerialsSolutions since March
  2003
• Coming soon TDNet, EBSCO A to Z, Elsevier
  (ScienceDirect)
• Create your own file according to our DTD

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Distinguishing Features

• 3. Subscription Service
• No need for local hardware and implementation
• Superior performance (hosted at Lexis Nexis)
• Secure web client for configuration and
  maintenance
• Online batch loading of subscription data (e.g.
  from SerialsSolutions)
• Attractive low annual fee

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