Search, Discovery and Delivery for Electronic Resources SELL - Porto – June 2011

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Search, Discovery and Delivery for Electronic Resources

SELL - Porto – June 2011SELL - Porto – June 2011



Outline

• B-on’s service today

• First Impressions of new service

• Main issues

• Next Steps



B-on’s service today

• In production since 2004• Based on federated search (Metalib):

– Real time search in several “live” databases;

– Search time limited by the slowest database;

– The number of user interactions until reaching the desired information is often high and requires navigation in more than one interface.

• We have frequent complaints by our users.




– We have ONE Metalib/SFX consortia license;

– The configuration is the same for all institutions (pesquisa.b-on.pt), except for the resources;

– There are two main content packages: one for Hospital Members and other for Academics Members;

– Every institution has one of these content packages;

– We manage access to these resources at a central level in the consortium Metalib/SFX;

– We only provide electronic content. We don’t have catalogs or repositories.




• Based on b-on’s 2009/2010 study about new discovery services we decide to adopt Primo + Primo Central Index (hosted by Ex Libris)

• The implementation starts in January, 2011…

• … and still going on…



New Architecture



First impressions• Good

– The interface is simple and user friendly;– Searching in Primo central is fast;– Complete facets for refine results– Suggested new searches option– Good integration with SFX– E-shelf options– Primo central as a QuickSet in Metalib (already set)



First impressions

• Not so good– Primo Central contents coverage– Authentication (is not working)

– How to lead with different needs in terms of member access to holdings (academic members x hospital members)?

• IP Institutions identification -> same primo with different holdings?

• Use search scopes?

• Use of tabs?

We are waiting for EL clarification.



• Poor management interface;

Main issues

• Lots of tickets open in Ex Libris support• 2 – 4 weeks response time



• Lots of work related with portuguese version and translation

Main issues



• Problems with integration between Primo and Metalib (access to ML QuickSets)

Main issues



• Searches in ML QS returns “No full-text” reference

Main issues



- Portuguese version- Error corrections- Usability tests

Next steps

- Authentication and access to holdings



Thank you

Search, Discovery and Delivery for Electronic Resources SELL - Porto – June 2011

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