Innovative Uses of the OpenURL

摘要

With the formal standardization of the OpenURL in v. 1.0, many developers and librarians are beginning to use the OpenURL in unique and creative ways. The menu of services offered by link resolvers can be configured to link to a variety of extended services, and depending upon the product, can be designed by librarians to give users a multitude of link options beyond traditional full text in e-journals or in aggregators' databases. Extended-services linking initially began as links to the local library catalog or to Interlibrary Loan (ILL) systems. Now, other extended services opportunities are available.