> -----Original Message----- > From: John Mark Ockerbloom [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:42 PM > To: Wikimedia & Libraries > Subject: Re: [libraries] Linking from Wikipedia articles to local > library resources > > On 3/4/13 9:35 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > Hi, John. > > > > This is pretty nifty! Thanks for creating it. > > > > I wonder: would it make sense to connect it to some of the open > > resolvers out there? (or are those only useful at the item level, > > whereas this produces searches?) > > It depends on how the resolver is set up. Most OpenURL resolvers are > primarily designed to link to known items, whereas this is trying to > link to groups of items by or about someone or something. But the > OpenURL 1.0 specification is pretty open-ended, and could encompass > this sort of thing. I decided not to use it to implement this > particular service, but if someone's library would provide better > results via their OpenURL resolver than via their catalog or other > discovery system, I could link to it. > > (If anyone would like me to try linking to their library that way, > you can let me know when you request service for the library at > http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/olbpcontact?type=library > Tell me about your wishes in the "Anything we should know ..." > comment space, and leave your contact details in case I have any > questions.) > > Thanks, > > John
John, What a fantastic idea! Conceptually this is the (ahem) missing link, to realign GWR (Google > Wikipedia > References) to GWL (Google > Wikipedia > Libraries). That's the party line we've been delivering for a long time but without software or practice to materialize the promise. With that in mind, I quite agree with Asaf that your notion of Forward to Libraries could benefit from using preexisting linking technologies. With all necessary disclosure of my OCLC-partisanship I think that instead of registering libraries through this new UPenn database, it'd make more sense to use the already populated WorldCat Registry[1] . There thousands of libraries are already registered with ties into their Online Catalogs, OpenURL Resolvers, and Virtual References. Just look at the entry for UPenn [2]. This is a tremendous proposal which is theoretically complete. I'd really like to help volunteer time and code to make it work as best as possible. [1] http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions [2] http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/2583 Max Klein Wikipedia in Residence [email protected] +17074787023 _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries
