ANGEL and Direct Linking to ANGEL and Direct Linking to electronic journal articles electronic journal articles

Ranti JunusMichigan State University Libraries

ANGEL User GroupMay 2004

ANGEL and Libraries at MSUANGEL and Libraries at MSU

● ANGEL was officially launched in Fall 2003● A team from the MSU Libraries was formed to

investigate Libraries' resources integration into ANGEL

● Representative from Copy Center/Course Reserve, Public Services/Reference, Collection Management/Bibliographers, Systems, Technical Services

About the LibrariesAbout the Libraries

● Main library and nine branch libraries across campus

● Approximately 4.5 million volumes● More than 300 indexes/databases● More than 28,000 periodicals, 200,000 maps,

and 40,000 sound recordings● Serve about 45000 students, 4500 faculties,

6000 staff and community users● On campus and online programs (more than

200 program study)

What we already haveWhat we already have

● Research guides for specific discipline● guides to aid users in locating subject-specific

resources● Some course-specific guides● Online Catalogue● Electronic Resource Gateway

What we'd like to seeWhat we'd like to see

● Faculty, staff and students utilize our online catalogue and licensed electronic materials to full capacity

● Benefits● No copyright clearance needed● Available 24/77● Authoritative resources for research purposes

(Google is not the ultimate answer)

What we have so farWhat we have so far

● Finding ways to create durable or stable links so users can go to the full text article directly

● For faculty● Integrate electronic resources into course content or

syllabus

● For students● One-click access from ANGEL● No need to go to a separate browser to access the article

Where we are nowWhere we are now

● Presentations, trainings● How to create stable links● Copyright

● Organization● Help pages● Links to existing guides

● Learning new features from ANGEL latest release (v.6)

Next projectNext project

● Class notes, journal articles within an MSU online subscription, journal articles that are not in an MSU online resources

● Will do a pilot project this summer with three courses: two on campus, one online

● Issues: policies, workflow, staff resources, copyright, cost, P.R.

Course electronic reserve

Next... GRLNext... GRL

Course A Course B Course C

CommonResource 1

CommonResource 2

Utilizing ANGEL new feature – Global Resource Library (GRL)

Next…Next…

● GRL for e-reserve – test this Summer● GRL for subject guides?

● Caveat: students can only see these guides if faculty create links to them.

● See Andy Detskas presentation tomorrow on using GRL as a central repository for help documents

Further StepsFurther Steps

● We’re still learning● Assign team of staff to work on this e-reserve

project● Hopefully we can start offering this service in

Fall 2004● Questions?