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Microsoft Academic Search and OpenURL compliance

Traitée Microsoft Academic Search and OpenURL compliance

  • jeudi 1 septembre 2011 15:36
     
     

    Currently Google Scholar has a feature called "Library Links" where librarians can embed links to their library's OpenURL link resolver in Google Scholar results for their users.

    Are their plans to add such a feature to Microsoft Academic Search?

     

    Thanks

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  • lundi 5 septembre 2011 05:54
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    we've thought about that and such feature might appear in future releases,  right now it's too early to tell.  thanks.

    -xin

    Academic Search Team.

  • jeudi 20 octobre 2011 07:14
     
     

    Please think very, very  hard about it.  It is something I use all the time from Google Scholar.  The lack of an open URL is the one thing I don't like about Academic Search.  The visualisation tools are fantastic.  Keep adding content and you will have created a really useful tool.

    Ray

  • dimanche 23 octobre 2011 05:26
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    hi Ray,

    thank you for your feedback,  this item is on our "to do" list,   and we understand its importance to many users.   with a small team and limited resource, we do have to balance various request and the cost of dev/maintaining such features.

    -xin

    academic search team.

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  • mardi 6 mars 2012 13:38
     
     

    I would like to second Ray's requests.  Supporting OpenURL would make it easier for university librarians to promote MAS as a tool.  It would add a great deal of extra value to the nice services you are offering.  

    If you are looking for a light-weight way to support this, OCLC, a library consortium has a tool known as an OpenURL Gateway that will route users to their local link resolver.  You could simply offer links to that.  Mendeley  also allows authenticated users to specify a link resolver on their own.  

    Ted

  • jeudi 8 mars 2012 17:44
     
     

    Hi Ted and Ray,

    This feature is indeed a high priority.  We are working with OCLC and others in the space to develop it.  Although I cannot provide an exact date, we will have something to announce in the not-too-distant future.  Thanks for your patience.

    Best Regards,

    Greg