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SUNY Library Software Users Group Conference 2008:“Brewing Up Solutions”

Cliff GilleyProduct ManagerSerials Solutions

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Introductions• Cliff Gilley

– Product Manager for 360 Link, 360 Core, and Client Center.

• Serials Solutions– Librarians Creating Solutions for Librarians– E-Resource Access & Management Systems

(ERAMS)• 360 Link

– 360 Link = OpenURL Link Resolver

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360 Link: Overview• 360 Link is Serials Solutions’ OpenURL Link Resolver

product.• OpenURL is a NISO standard method of locating

appropriate resources from citation data.• OpenURL traditionally has focused on identifying and

locating electronic, full-text serials content.• Customization options within 360 Link break the

mold of full-text and enable unlimited resource lookup possibilities.

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360 Link: CustomizationsThree Methods of 360 Link Customization:• Custom Links• IFRAME integration• Link API

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360 Link: Custom LinksOverview:• No Dead Ends!• Alternate methods of accessing research.• ANY resource that accepts URL data.• Can be made “conditional”…

– By Format or Full-Text Availability

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360 Link: Custom LinksUse any of the following in your Custom Links URL:

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360 Link: Custom LinksExamples:• Google News Search for Journal Author:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=<?aufirst?>+<?aulast?>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=stephen+hawking

• Amazon.com Search for Book by ISBN:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/<?isbn?>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561563080

• OPAC search by title and author:http://catalog.kcls.org/search/X?SEARCH=a:(<?au?>)+and+t:(<?title?>) http://catalog.kcls.org/search/X?SEARCH=a:(Herman%20Melville)+and+t:(Moby%20Dick)

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360 Link: Custom Links

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360 Link: IFRAME CustomizationsOverview:• IFRAME is an HTML function that embeds

external pages in any browser page.• A step beyond simple links – we can display

the RESULTS of the linked page in-line.• OPAC Pre-Search Example:

Create conditional linking into your OPAC by determining first whether the resource is available there – if so, link appears, if not, nothing appears.

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IFRAME Example

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360 Link: IFRAME Example

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360 Link: XML APIOverview:• The XML API provides complete control and

customization of the 360 Link user experience.• This is the ultimate in customization options –

we provide you all of the underlying data, and you create the experience your patrons want.

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360 Link: XML APIHow does it work…?

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Q & A

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