SFX links to UK Legal Journals provided through Westlaw have not yet been migrated to the new Westlaw platform but currently continue to point at the previous online version of the resource. Westlaw have yet to release the new deep-linking syntax required to support journal level linking on the new platform but have indicated that this should be available in the next few weeks. As soon as this linking syntax is available, the connections will be updated. (SFX integration with Westlaw is the product of work by the customer community in the UK rather than directly by Ex Libris so there is more scripting and configuration work required of each local site).
Category: SFX
ALEPH – problem with remote searches resolved
eServices is investigating the cause of problem which shut down the z3950 server on ALEPH just after 4.30pm yesterday afternoon.
A consequence of the shutdown was that from that time SFX was unable to check the Library Catalogue for holdings information – so SFX menus were reporting that no ISSNs or ISBNs were being matched against print catalogue records. Another consequence of the closure was that searches of the library catalogue from RefWorks were unavailable. (eSearch searches of the catalogue were unaffected.)
The server has now been restarted and both SFX and RefWorks services have been confirmed as connecting to ALEPH successfully.
eServices is now in discussion with both IS and Ex Libris to isolate the cause of this issue.
ejournal and eBook records to be added to ‘live’ ALEPH this week
During the course of this week, changes will be made to ‘live’ ALEPH to enable ejournal and eBooks to be made discoverable through the OPAC. There may be some very short interruptions in the OPAC service (lasting only a few seconds) while these changes are enacted. Initially, changes to the look of the OPAC record display (identical to those trialled in ‘test’ ALEPH) will be replicated in ‘live’ ALEPH, and eBook and ejournal records will then be loaded and indexed.
All SFX delivered ejournals and eBrary eBook records should be available through the ‘live’ OPAC by the end of the week, with records for Taylor & Francis, Knovel and other eBook providers available shortly after. Updates will be provided as the process progresses.
Ex Libris products and Windows Vista compliance
Ex Libris have confirmed that the versions of ALEPH, SFX and eSearch (MetaLib) in production at NTU are fully compliant with the new Windows Vista operating system.
SFX fault on Sunday 29 April
In anticipation of any service queries this morning, please be aware that – due to an issue with the application’s database – SFX was unavailable for several hours on Sunday. The service went off-line just before 6am and was reinstated just before 1.45pm – soon after the fault was discovered.
Sage ejournals – now an SFX source
The Sage ejournals platform is now operating as an SFX ‘source’ as well as ‘target’ (meaning that it’s possible to send metadata to SFX to try to find a match; as well as to be sent from SFX to Sage when SFX has found a match on the Sage site).
From any individual article listing, click on the References link (see illustration below) to bring up a list of article references:
From that list of references, a Find it @ NTU SFX button will appear next to any individual reference when certain criteria are reached (see illustration below):
At present, such links are only offered where a reference includes a Digital Object Identier (DOI) – which is a significant functional limitation.
COPAC v.3 interface – SFX enabled
The migration to the v.3 interface of the COPAC union catalogue has now been completed, which means that outbound SFX links from catalogue records are automatically visible on-campus, and can be activated by Athens authentication off-campus.
An updated guide to SFX integration with COPAC can be found here.
Internet Explorer v.7.0 – OPAC, SFX and eSearch compliance
Ex Libris have confirmed that the versions of ALEPH OPAC, SFX and eSearch that LLR is running are fully compliant with the new version of the Internet Explorer web browser – Version 7. This is currently of relevance only to off-campus users, as no decision has yet been taken to upgrade the university’s existing Version 6 of Internet Explorer on the campus network. An announcement from Ex Libris regarding product compliance with the new Windows Vista operating system is expected in April (again, this will only be currently of relevance to off-campus users).
IE v.7.0 has been installed on an eServices PC, so it is possible for us to replicate any other browser-specific eservices issues that the team is alerted to.
Informaworld journals – article level linking now enabled in SFX
Following the deployment of the March SFX KB update, OpenURL requests to journals on the Informaworld platform will now resolve to the article level (when requested) rather than to the title level as previously.
Informaworld – article level SFX linking coming soon
Ex Libris and Informaworld are completing technical updates which should enable article-level linking via SFX to be activated in the coming weeks. As previously advised, links to Informaworld titles via SFX resolve only to the journal level at present. Ex Libris indicate that the enhanced article-level links should be available in March.
SFX linking to EBSCOhost titles – resolution in place shortly
A technical solution has now been identified which should correct the intermittent problems of failed links from SFX to some ejournal titles hosted on the EBSCOhost platform reported before the Xmas break. This should be live later this week – I will update when the fix is in place.
Withdrawn resource: Future Drugs and Future Medicine ejournals
The temporary free access offer to the ejournals titles published by Future Drugs and Future Medicine has now concluded, and full-text access is now only available by subscription. As a result, listings for all the titles in these collections have been withdrawn from SFX. The titles will disappear from the eSearch ejournals list at the next update.
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