Managing SFX: Collaboration between ILTS & E- Collections Nisa Bakkalbasi Electronic Collections Librarian Este Pope Systems Librarian CDC Meeting Yale University Library February 22, 2007
Dec 18, 2015
Managing SFX: Collaboration between ILTS & E-Collections
Nisa Bakkalbasi
Electronic Collections Librarian
Este Pope
Systems Librarian
CDC MeetingYale University Library
February 22, 2007
What is SFX
Generically referred as “context-sensitive link server.”
SFX is the proprietary name devised by ExLibris.
We renamed it “Yale Links.”
Number of requests and clickthroughs
From January 1, 2007 to February 17, 2007:
There have been 106,333 requests and 78,328 clickthroughs.
Number of requests per source: PubMed 26,428 OVID Medline16,885 EBSCO 13,423 Web of Science 10,169 Google Scholar 9,028
Most popular journals
Billboard (13,424) The New England journal of medicine (846) Science (789) Journal of the American Chemical Society
(723) Nature (668) JAMA (597)
Number of clickthroughs per target
E-Journals lookup (10,793) Orbis lookup (7,698) EbscoHost Academic Search Premier (7,529) Elsevier Freedom Collection (7,476) Ovid Journals (4,297)
A shared responsibility
Systems Librarian
Service menu configurations and
look and feel
Systems Programmer
Server and software maintenance
Electronic Collections Librarian
Knowledgebase managementand target issues
ILTS and E-collections signs a contract - May 2006
E-Collections Manage contents of the database. Respond to forwarded target error/repair issues. Create documentation and provide training for the
knowledge base maintenance team. ILTS
Monthly updates, software updates, upgrades Troubleshooting problem reports Interface configuration, enhancements