SFX SETS THE STANDARD FOR OPEN LINKING FOR LIBRARIES

摘要

Since my early SFX write-up in Library HiTech News just one year ago, SFX has come of age and has set the standard for open linking solutions for libraries: 1. The OpenURL standard on which SFX linking is based is now the de facto standard for linking scholarly information and is on a fast track path towards NISO accreditation (http://www.niso.org/committees/ commitiee_ax.html) The draft version of the specification - adopted as version 0.1 - has already been implemented by the major information providers and increasingly by Integrated Library System (ILS) and other technology vendors. For a list of these see http://www.sfxit.-com/sources.htm 2. Significant numbers of libraries around the world - university libraries, national libraries, and special libraries - have now implemented SFX link servers, including a range of library consortia. SFX menu screens can now be seen with many language variants - including Chinese, German, and Czech - and with great variations in branding and formatting to meet library needs. SFX customers are not necessarily also customers of the Ex Libris ALEPH ILS, but cover a wide range of ILS vendors (see Figure 1).