The ITAM Project incl Evaluating SFX Ross Mac

The ITAM Project incl. Evaluating SFX Ross Mac. Intyre MIMAS Service Manager Primary funding is provided by the JISC and ESRC. 11 Based at Manchester Computing, The University of Manchester.

Service Portfolio The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 2

ITAM Project 1. Finding the Service – – Metadatabase Collection Level Descriptions 2. Using the Service – – Z 39. 50 HTTP - Open. URL • • • Standard definition Implementations Resolver trials (SFX) 3. Ob/Retaining Service Information/Data – Open Archive Initiative 4. How do you evaluate infrastructural stuff? The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 3

Open. URL NISO Committee AX • http: //library. caltech. edu/openurl/ • Members: Bell & Howell, CDL, CNRI, CIT, EBSCO, Endeavor, Elsevier, Ex. Libris, Getty, Los Alamos, Manifest Solns, MIMAS, NLM, OCLC, Openly Info, Sirsi, Wiley. • Started early in 2001 • April 2003 Draft Standard v 1. 0 for Trial Use (May – Nov 2003) • 19 ‘triallers’ incl MIMAS & EDINA in UK The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 4

Open. URL & MIMAS Services • zetoc • JSTOR • ISI Web of Science -> ISI Web of Knowledge • Cross. Fire • Lit. Link The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 5

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SFX Resolver Trial • Creating multiple instances • Shared server • National Default Resolver service – Used by Plymouth, King’s College & Bath • Hosted instances – For Bradford & U of Manchester • Compare with other Open. URL resolvers • External evaluation The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 8

Results – NDR, Bath (Since Nov 02) • Sources: Web of Science (ISI / MIMAS) Nov 02, EMBASE (Ovid) Jan 03, Sport Discus (Ovid) May 03, Compendex (EDINA) May 03, INSPEC (EDINA / Ovid) May 03. • Targets: ACS, AIOP, APS, ACM, Synergy, Nature, RSC, IEEE_Xplore, AP_Ideal, Allen_Press, Ingenta, Emerald, Highwire, IOP, JSTOR, Kluwer, OUP, SIAM, Springer, Wiley, Wo. S & Free Targets, incl. ar. Xiv, DLib, Pub. Med, Amazon. • Big plus = Provision of new links to full-text for users and independent of source service/publisher agreements. • “even if half of the respondents didn't know about SFX, the half who have used it seemed quite positive about it “ The ITAM Project JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003 9

Roles & Responsibilities Bradford 1. Initial Setup • Activate sources. Inform MIMAS when sources have been activated. • Decide on customisation and branding for SFX Menu. Provide CSS stylesheets to MIMAS if required. • Decide on active targets. Provide MIMAS with URL for: FAQ, local feedback form, ILL/Doc. Del. Define target order in SFX Menu. • Provide local holdings in Excel or tab-delimited text format (include at least ISSN, local threshold). Check results of load into SFX for errors. • Nominate a contact point. Keep a diary of events! This to include reasoning behind decisions, experiences etc. Promote service. Collect feedback from users. The ITAM Project 10 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

R&R – Bradford 2. Monthly Maintenance • Investigate any changes to sources, targets or target services that may affect Bradford. • Investigate holdings changes in monthly KB updates, via 'REPORT of new items on Ex Libris website'; 'REPORT of changed items' and 'REPORT of deleted items' on the SFX server web page. • Inform MIMAS if any changes are to be made to holdings following each monthly KB update, and provide these holdings in Excel or tab-delimited text format (include at least ISSN, local threshold). The ITAM Project 11 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

R&R - MIMAS 1. Initial Setup • Advise and customise SFX Menu as required. • Activate targets as required. Provide generic FAQ to build on, and examples of other FAQs. Set up target for FAQ. Set up target for local feedback. Set up target for ILL/Doc. Del. Set up target order in SFX Menu as required. • Provide initial holdings information from KB in tab-delimited text format. • Check local holdings files for errors. Load local holdings into SFX. Provide results and brief analysis of loads. 2. Monthly Maintenance • Investigate any changes to sources, targets or target services that may affect Bradford. • Provide 'new. txt' files to Bradford that come with each monthly update. These can be downloaded from the Ex Libris FTP site, and contain new OBJECTS in the update. • Load monthly local holdings changes as required. Provide results and brief analysis of loads. The ITAM Project 12 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

Results – Hosted, Bradford (Since July 2002) • • • 36 active Sources - most significant: ISI Web of Science, ASSIA, Proquest ABI/INFORM Global, Econ. Lit, Philosopher’s Index, Sport. Discus, Medline (OVID), AMED, CINAHL, Psyc. Info, zetoc & Meta. Lib (though not currently rolled out to Users) 26 active Targets including: ACM Journals, Ask a Librarian, COPAC, EBSCOhost EJS, Sciencedirect, FAQ, MCB Emerald, Highwire Press (including ‘Free’), ISI Web of Science, Bradford OPAC, Nature, Proquest ABI/INFORM Global, Swets. Wise, Blackwell Synergy, Wiley Interscience Over 4, 000 full text journals linked via SFX Only branding was to use University house style for SFX menu. “Reaction from Users at Bradford has been overwhelmingly positive” “partnership with MIMAS has given us a relatively pain-free transition into the service and a solid basis on which to build our combined SFX/Meta. Lib service. “ The ITAM Project 13 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

SFX Statistics Include • • Number of SFX Requests/day Requests/Source Requests by Object Type (e. g. article) Journals Accessed Books Accessed Requests by Service Type (e. g. full text) Full Text Targets Services Preferred over full text The ITAM Project 14 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

# of SFX Requests/Month The ITAM Project 15 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

Top 20 Journals - Manchester Mar-03 Journal Title ISSN Number Of Requests NURSING TIMES THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF NURSING 0954 -7762 116 THE LANCET 0140 -6736 114 SCIENCE 0036 -8075 77 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 0959 -8138 77 DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL 0419 -4217 67 JAMA THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 0098 -7484 65 NATURE 0028 -0836 65 BRITISH JOURNAL OF NURSING 0966 -0461 58 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 0028 -4793 52 PROFESSIONAL NURSE THE LEADING UPDATE FOR CLINICAL NURSES 0266 -8130 50 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 0021 -972 X 43 JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY 0315 -162 X 42 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 0021 -9258 40 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL CLINICAL RESEARCH EDITION 1468 -5833 38 ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 0003 -9926 35 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL EDITION 0959 -8146 35 MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 0025 -729 X 34 MATURITAS 0378 -5122 34 ONCOGENE AND ONCOGENE REVIEWS 0950 -9232 33 JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING 0309 -2402 33 The ITAM Project 16 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

Top 5 Books - Manchester Mar-03 Book Title ISBN Number of Requests Autobiographical memory : theoretical and applied perspectives / edited by Charles P Thompson [et al]. 1998 0 -80582075 -2 23 Facial attractiveness : evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives / edited by Gillian Rhodes and Leslie A. Zebrowitz. 2002 1 -567506364 12 0 -198523 53 -X 8 Facial attractiveness : evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives / edited by Gillian Rhodes and Leslie A. Zebrowitz. 2002 1 -567506372 8 Validation in psychology / [by] Ellis, Hadyn [Editor] ; Macrae, Neil [Editor]. 2001 0 -76580647 -9 7 Schizotypy : implications for illness and health / edited by Gordon Claridge. 1997 The ITAM Project 17 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

Talking Shop 1 – June 2002 • Implementors – LBS, Loughborough, Royal Holloway, UEA, Westminster & Astra. Zeneca • SFX Hosting Institution – MIMAS • Evaluators – Bradford, King’s College, Manchester & Plymouth • External Evaluator – Loughborough The ITAM Project 18 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

Use of SFX in ‘ac. uk’ • Maximise use of (appropriate) e-resources 1. to increase use of (their) e-journals 2. provide links from bibliographic resources • • • Help with e-journal management – please! All sources possible, targets limited to major ‘bundled’ deals – ‘slowly & accurately’ Launch ‘quickly but quietly’ The ITAM Project 19 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

Talking Shop 2 – July 2003 • National Default Resolver & Hosted Instances: – MIMAS(SFX), Bath (NDR), Bradford (Hosted) • Open. URL Implementors: – Royal Holloway(SFX), Wetminster (Metalib/SFX), UEA(Metalib/SFX), Bradford(Metalib/SFX), Derby(1 Cate), Bangor(Web. Bridge), Edinburgh(Link. Finder+) • Other Open. URL: – Project OLIVE (Di. VLE), UKOLN, JISC, EDINA • External Observers: – Loughborough • Vendor: – Ex Libris The ITAM Project 20 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

External Evaluation Results • This slide is intentionally blank The ITAM Project 21 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

Future • Trial continues, self-funded from August 2003 -> July 2004 • MIMAS hosting & technical maintenance – 1 day per month • 3 institutions (initially): – Bath, Manchester & UMIST (n. b. latter two to become one institution during trial period) • Talking Shop 3 The ITAM Project 22 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003

Thanks for listening MIMAS Manchester Computing The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M 13 9 PL. Website: www. mimas. ac. uk Email: info@mimas. ac. uk The ITAM Project 23 JIBS/UKOLN Open. URL Seminar, 17 th September 2003