OpenURL Opens New Horizons
William Martin
UT Austin - School of Information
OpenURL
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OpenURL
- A special URL for requesting specific materials from a library
- Widely used by academic libraries
- Less common in public libraries
- Defined in NISO Standard Z39.88
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OpenURL
- A special URL for requesting specific materials from a library
- Widely used by academic libraries
- Less common in public libraries
- Defined in NISO Standard Z39.88
[any material that should appear in print but not on the slide]
OpenURL
OpenURL is:
- A special URL for requesting specific materials from a library
- Widely used by academic libraries
- Less common in public libraries
- Defined in NISO Standard Z39.88
[any material that should appear in print but not on the slide]
OpenURL
OpenURL is:
- A special URL for requesting specific materials from a library
- Widely used by academic libraries
- Less common in public libraries
- Defined in NISO Standard Z39.88
[any material that should appear in print but not on the slide]
OpenURL
OpenURL is:
- A special URL for requesting specific materials from a library
- Widely used by academic libraries
- Less common in public libraries
- Defined in NISO Standard Z39.88
You can get the Z39.88 standard at:
http://www.niso.org/standards/standard_detail.cfm?std_id=783
OpenURL
OpenURL is:
- A special URL for requesting specific materials from a library
- Widely used by academic libraries
- Less common in public libraries
- Defined in NISO Standard Z39.88
OpenURL Topology
Diagram from Van de Sompel & Beit-Arie, D-Lib Magazine, Mar 2001