The document discusses techniques for public libraries to better integrate their resources on the web through technologies like web services, deep linking, and OpenURL linking. It provides examples of how libraries can use these approaches to pull other sites' content and services into the library website, and push the library website and services out to other sites. This would allow library resources to be more discoverable and accessible to users across the web.

1. UKOLN is supported by: Library hacks Andy Powell, UKOLN, University of Bath [email_address] Public Library Web Managers Workshop 2004, Bath www.bath.ac.uk a centre of expertise in digital information management www.ukoln.ac.uk

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10. if catalogue search fails… try a cross-search of multiple catalogues in the region

14. What are Web services? “ Automated resources accessed via the Internet . Web services are software-powered resources or functional components whose capabilities can be accessed at an internet URI. Standards-based web services use XML to interact with each other…” “ The term Web services describes a standardized way of integrating Web-based applications using the XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI open standards over an Internet protocol backbone. XML is used to tag the data, SOAP is used to transfer the data, WSDL is used for describing the services available and UDDI is used for listing what services are available. Used primarily as a means for businesses to communicate with each other and with clients, Web services allow organizations to communicate data without intimate knowledge of each other's IT systems …”

18. Example: RDN/Google spell

21. Embedded into library site? end-user library catalogue Google Amazon SOAP SOAP SOAP RDN SOAP

22. Linking and OpenURLs

26. Non-OpenURL linking resolution of metadata into a link (typically a URL) A&I service document delivery service link to referenced work . reference link destination link source

27. OpenURL linking . user-specific resolution of metadata & identifiers into services reference provision of OpenURL transportation of metadata & identifiers context-sensitive A&I service document delivery service link source OpenURL OpenURL resolver link link destination link link destination link link destination link link destination

29. button indicating OpenURL ‘link’ is available

30. OpenURL resolver offering context-sensitive links, including link to ingenta

32. also links to other services such as Google search for related information

35. button indicating OpenURL ‘link’ is available

36. OpenURL resolver offering context-sensitive links, including link to Amazon

38. also links to other services such as Google search for related information

40. Summary… ISI Web of Science University of Bath OPAC OpenURL resolver ingenta Google Amazon OpenURL Source OpenURL Resolver OpenURL Target deep links

41. Is this relevant to PLs? “ It's probably safe to predict that, within another year/acquisition cycle or so, *lack* of OpenURL support will be the exception for any academic library/consortium that licenses full-text resources (that is, OpenURL support will be the rule), and there will be growing penetration of OpenURL resolvers within public libraries that license full-text resources .” Walt Crawford, RLG

42. OpenURL & PLs A&I services University library catalogues OpenURL resolver Public library catalogues Google Amazon Document supply services

44. note: SfW subscription by library authority so some knowledge about where to link to potential link to book in public library catalogue (or Amazon) link to more info potential link to author search in public library catalogue (or Amazon)

45. potential for pulling in metadata and cover art via Amazon API … and for making into link to Amazon or PL catalogue

47. link to Amazon … potential link to book in public library catalogue

49. http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html select link to find nearest library catalogue

50. drag this link to your browser toolbar

51. note that the ISBN is embedded into the URL click ‘ bookmarklet’ to link to library catalogue

55. many blogs contain references to favorite books or current reading material … typically with links thru to Amazon

56. the Bookwatch service analyses hundreds of blogs and counts links to particular books at Amazon, based on the ISBN … then provides ranked lists, pulling in ‘book’ metadata and cover art using the Amazon Web services

58. Does deep linking work?

59. Hmmm… not always http://www.foursite.somerset.gov.uk/cgi-bin/viewpoint_server.sh?enqtype=SECOND&enqpara1=RESULT&rcn=0002180472&media_code=1&sec_code=&authorlist=&filename=&page=&no_of_results=14&type=ISBN&sec_stng=&media_stng=&authorpage=&subsearch=&searchtype=&hitcount=

62. Questions?