Low Cost OpenURL Resolver

Title

Scoping Study for a Low Cost OpenURL Resolver for the JISC IE

Duration

February 2008 - September 2008

Summary

An invited proposal to review the requirement and means of delivering a low-cost ‘appropriate copy’ OpenURL resolver service which would provide means for staff and students at all UK universities and colleges to locate the ‘appropriate copy’ for a given bibliographic reference. This service would also be deployable from subject and other thematic portals in the JISC IE as well as from library portals. The project team will spend the first four months scoping the feasibility and potential uptake of such a tool. During the latter four months, we will design an architecture and explore potential business models to sustain such a tool.

Project Deliverables

Scoping report including gap analysis and requirements analysis; Architecture report including an implementation plan; Outline business models, with estimated costs, to support service deployment and sustainability.

Clear indication of the feasibility and likely take-up of a low-cost OpenURL resolver along with a report on the appropriate architecture and outline business models for supporting and sustaining a service.

• Scoping Report
• Addendum to Scoping Report

EDINA Contact

Leah Halliday (February – end May 08 )
Christine Rees (June – end Sept 08)

Funders

Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).