The University Library of Groningen launched a blog about the development and configuration of Ex-Libris SFX en MetaLib in Groningen. The services are called RUGCombine (Metalib) and RUGLinks (SFX).I am part of the project team that's almost done with including all the subject portals involving all the RUG's Faculties and Institutes.
The blog will post new ideas, list changes and track developments locally and elsewhere.
The motto is :...Librarians like to search, everyone else likes to find...
Latest post is:
Myths and Realities of SFX in Academic Libraries
In the March 2006 issue of the journal of academic librarianship, an interesting article by Wakimoto, Dabbour and Walker appeared, entitled: The Myths and Realities of SFX in Academic Libraries.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2005.12.008
KOPERNIO extension to find PDF's : plus Open Access button, Unpaywall, Google Scholar and Connect UPDATED!
UPDATE: Clarivate Analytics Acquires Research Startup Kopernio to Accelerate Pace of Scientific Innovation I am currently testing 4 browser extensions in Chrome that can help me find the PDF i need. They seem to be popping up like dandelions in the fields ;-) (Please read my post on ALL possible options to get to a PDF: http://digicmb.blogspot.nl/2017/03/how-to-get-pdf-infographic.html ) Here is a first glance of what they do. For testing i used this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.008 (not free or open access) Kopernio (previously Canary Haz ( http://kopernio.com) Note this is a .com extension. This new company has been founded just 8 months ago. The Kopernio extension was released just in March 2017. Currently the Kopernio button is in alpha-testing and so far it seems free. The previous name appeared to be a tribute to the #ICANHAZPDF movement (requesting pdf's via Twitter with this hashtag). ...
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