russell mcdonald 21st september 2000. discussion points what is sfx and the openurl? recent...
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Russell McDonald
21st September 2000
Discussion Points
• What is SFX and the OpenURL?• Recent developments• Business issues associated with
SFX– Breakdown of costs– Moneysaving options
SFX?
• Context-sensitive reference linking based on the OpenURL– Developed by Herbert Von de Sompel
at the University of Ghent– Exclusive rights to SFX now held by Ex
Libris
Reference Linking
OpenURL?
• Open source protocol for the transportation of metadata from a source to a dynamic linking service (e.g. SFX)– Non-proprietary– Exclusive rights NOT held by Ex Libris
Reference Linking
Why SFX and the OpenURL?
• Opportunities afforded by the interconnectedness of the web
• High user expectation for navigation
• Static vs dynamic linking• Today’s linking constraints:
– Vendor-specific solutions– Narrow focus (Full Text only)– Librarian has limited control over the
types of links, and links resolution
Reference Linking
SFX linking server
A fully dynamic approach:
no pre-computationon-the-fly decision making about relevance of serviceson-the-fly creation of service “links”
Metadata User
Full text
Holdings Document delivery
Related resources
lookup
Cited author lookup
S F X S e r v i c e s
SFX: the context-sensitive services solution
The SFX Flow
Source
Targ
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SFX Men
u
OPAC
FTXT
FTXT
A&IOpenURL
OpenURL
Op
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LO
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SFX: opening information resources
server
Recent Developments
SFX Status-Test/Live Sites
SFX ‘live’ at Ghent University, BelgiumBeta test phase underway at:– Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Preparing for production
– Harvard University Library– Vanderbilt University– California Institute of Technology
• Testing with Staff & Researchers
– Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
SFX Status-Information Providers
Committed to OpenURL supportEBSCO• Committed, no announced date yet
– Institute of Physics• Available now
– SilverPlatter• Available now
– ArXiv• Available now
SFX Status-Information Providers
Other OpenURL developments– OCLC
• Participating in SFX Beta Test– Ovid
• Available now– SLAC/SPIRES (Physics DB at Stanford)
• Available now– ProQuest/Bell+Howell
• Plan to implement by year’s end– NISO reviewing for acceptance as a standard
SFX Status: information sources
• SilverPlatter – ERL• EBSCOhost• OCLC – FirstSearch• Ovid Online• ISI – Web of Science• Aleph 500 OPAC• ArXiv
SFX Status: target services
• EBSCOhost• OCLC – FirstSearch• Ovid Online• ISI – Web of Science + Journal citation reports• SilverPlatter ERL• Aleph 500 OPAC• Other OPACs• Various Union Catalogues
SFX Status: target services
• PubMed• PubList• Genome database• Taxonomy database• Primary publishers:
– Springer– Academic Press– Highwire– ….and many more
SFX Status: target services
• Web search engines – Google, Northern Light etc
• My email• Internet book stores• Document Delivery & ILL services
DOI - CrossRef - SFX - OpenURL
The DOI Prototype
CNRI, CrossRef, Ex Libris, Ghent U, IDEAL
DOI - CrossRef - SFX - OpenURL
A prototype to “OpenURL aware” the DOI environment to enable local resolution and delivery of context-sensitive linking services by an SFX server
CNRI, CrossRef, Ex Libris, Ghent U, IDEAL
doi link url
OpenURL
aware
doi link url
doi
metadata
doi
SFX Business Issues
• What goes into the SFX software?• Standard SW pricing models• Implementation Services• Contents Management
definition of potential services
information about the local collection
rules supporting a decision on the relevance of services
SFX linking server
Web of SciencearXivAPS/PROLABIOSISMedline
SOURCES
MedlineInspecSpringerWeb of ScienceOPAC
TARGETS
holdingsabstractfull_textcited_author
SERVICES
OBJECTS
1234-56783456-87659876-43212389-6734
THRESHOLDS
The SFX database
SFX Software Pricing Models
• Small Libraries $25K– Less than 10,000 affiliated users
• Medium Libraries $35K– 10,000-20,000 affiliated users
• Large Libraries $45K– Over 20,000 affiliated users
• Additional libraries within a single “institution” 35% less standard price
• Maintenance 15% of SW costs
Pricing valid for 2000
SFX Software Pricing Example
• Main Library with over 20,000 affiliated users– $45,000
• Associated Law Library with less than 10,000 affiliated users– $25,000-$8,750 (35%)=$16,250
• Associated Medical Library with less than 10,000 affiliated users– $25,000-$8,750 (35%)=$16,250
• Total Software costs = $77,500• Addl. 25% Discount for 2000 Orders ($19,375)• Discounted Software costs = $58,125
Pricing valid for 2000
SFX Implementation Services
• Installation and set up service– $1,200/day 2 days per instance
• Training– $1,200/day 1 day per library recommended
• Extended configurations/customizations– Per case basis
Pricing valid for 2000
SFX Contents Management
• Creation and maintenance of “thresholds” for each SFX library
• No Charge for Contents Management in 2001• Optional after 2001
– Small - $3000 annual service– Medium - $4000 annual service– Large - $5000 annual service– Additional SFX Instances for a single institution 25%
discount per instance
Pricing valid for 2000
[email protected]@exlibris-usa.com
www.sfxit.comOpenURL:OpenURL:
http://www.sfxit.com/OpenURLhttp://www.sfxit.com/OpenURL
Just SFX it!!