From interlibrary loan to openURL link resolvers, for years libraries have implemented and maintained services that deliver articles to users who need them. The article is increasingly the primary entity of scholarship. New services, standards, and research are emerging daily - all concerned with the article as an individual item. Libraries are often unaware of these article-related efforts. Join me for a provocative session that will examine the past, present, and possible near - and long-term futures of the articles as a scholarly entity in its own right.

1. Adventures at the Article Level
Jamene Brooks-Kieffer
Resource Linking Librarian
Kansas State University Libraries
© 2010 Jamene Brooks-Kieffer
Electronic Resources & Libraries
University of Texas
February 1-3, 2010

2. Agenda
I. Brief history of a love triangle:
Libraries, Users, Articles
II. Behind the green curtain:
Magical technology
III. Quo vadis?
Beyond the article
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IV. Conclusions and questions

3. Brief history of a love triangle
Library
Identify
Locate
Acquire
Article
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User

4. User Snapshot – Formulate research topic
Amy: Chemist,
– Confer with librarian for
CDC Researcher
MEDLINE citation search
– Cross-reference article
citations to library-owned
print journals
– Pull print journals from shelves
– Read, copy articles from
library-owned print journals
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– Place ILL requests for articles
from non-owned journals
Identify Locate Acquire

5. Library Snapshot – Discuss topic with researcher
Bob: CDC Librarian
– Search MEDLINE via ELHILL
– Communicate results with
researcher
– Process ILL requests for
articles from non-owned
journals
• Identify lending sources
• Place accurate requests
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– Deliver received articles to
researcher
Identify Locate Acquire

6. User Snapshot – Formulate research topic
Amy: Chemist, – Search MEDLINE via PubMed
CDC Researcher – Click from article citations to
articles using OpenURL-enabled
tools:
• Access electronic full text
• Locate print journals in OPAC
• Complete ILL request forms
– Download, print articles from
library-subscribed journals
– Place ILL or Document Delivery
requests
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• CDC Library
• Loansome Doc
Identify Locate Acquire

7. Library Snapshot – Offer user training on searching
Bob: CDC Librarian MEDLINE via PubMed
– Offer assistance navigating
OpenURL-enabled tools
– Process ILL and Document
Delivery requests
– Deliver received articles to
researcher
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Identify Locate Acquire

8. In 30 years, the love triangle…
Library
Identify
Locate
Acquire
Article
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User

9. …has become a loving couple
Identify
User Locate
Acquire
Article
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10. Behind the the library?
Where is green curtain
Identify
User Locate
Acquire
Article
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11. Or
Magic
Technology?
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12. “Any sufficiently advanced
technology…”
Actionable unique identifiers
Identify
DOI system and CrossRef – 2000
OpenURL linking
University of Ghent – 1998-2000 Locate
SFX – 2000
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Easy user authentication
EZproxy – 1999 Acquire

13. “…is indistinguishable from magic.”
http://getit.lib.ksu.edu/sfxlcl3?
url_ver=Z39.88-2004
&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal
&__char_set=utf8
&rft_id=info:doi/10.1045/may2006-apps
&rfr_id=info:sid/libxDOI:k-state
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&rft.genre=article
Identify Locate Acquire

14. Now what?
SERVICES
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15. Facilitate: necessary tools
• Adopt, promote, and maintain tools that
make Identify > Locate > Acquire easy
for users
– OpenURL link resolver
– Easy user authentication
– Document delivery
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16. Facilitate: Interface support
• Support Identify > Locate > Acquire in users’
preferred interfaces
– LibX browser toolbar
http://libx.org/
– Papers
http://mekentosj.com/papers/
– Google Scholar / link resolver integration
http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/libraries.html
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– Mobile devices
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
http://www2.ebsco.com/en-us/NewsCenter/Pages/ViewArticle.aspx?QSID=324

17. Facilitate: Article delivery
• Deliver the articles users need
– Prepare for article-level usage data
– Prepare for article-level purchasing options
– Anticipate article-level acquisition and
collection development workflows
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18. Facilitate: Usage data
• PIRUS (2008-2009)
PIRUS 2 (2009-2010)
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/pals3/pirus.aspx
http://www.cranfieldlibrary.cranfield.ac.uk/pirus2/
– Develop COUNTER-compliant article usage
data standards for all article-hosting
entities
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19. Facilitate: Impact factors
• MESUR (2006-2008)
http://www.mesur.org
– Assess scholarly impact through usage-
based metrics
• UKSG / COUNTER Journal Usage Factors
(2007)
http://www.uksg.org/usagefactors/
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– Assess market for and feasibility of a
Journal Usage Factor

20. Facilitate: Article versions
• NISO Journal Article Versions working group
(2005-2008)
http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/workgroup.php?wg_abbre
v=jav
• JISC VERSIONS Project (2005-2007)
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/digitalrepositories2
005/versions.aspx
• JISC Version Identification Framework (2007-2008)
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/reppres/vif.aspx
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• NFAIS Best Practices for Publishing Journal Articles
(2007-2009)
http://www.nfais.org/files/file/Best_Practices_Final_Public.pdf

21. Recommend
• Take recommendation trends seriously
– Amazon
– Netflix
• Demand, adopt, and promote
recommendation tools
– bX
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http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/bXOverview
– Library Thing for Libraries
http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/

22. Beyond the article
Users:
Identify Locate Acquire
Libraries:
Facilitate Recommend
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Users:
Store Discuss Synthesize

23. “I’ve got the article. Now what?”
Facilitate Recommend
• More articles like this one?
• Chat with the author?
• Join a group discussion?
• Add comments or tags?
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• Store in your personal repository?
Store Discuss Synthesize

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25. Colloquium could be available now
• Hosted data storage
– Amazon, Yahoo
• Robust, free-to-user cloud applications, services, data
storage
– Google, Zoho
• Targeted recommendations
– Amazon, Netflix
• Social network
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– Facebook, Twitter
• Pay-per-download
– iTunes, Amazon

26. How to get there?
• Adopt tools that do Identify > Locate >
Acquire well
• Demand tools that offer users services
beyond Identify > Locate > Acquire
• Sponsor and fund the creation of desired
tools and services
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• Stay informed about information
standards and activities

27. User
Store Library
Discuss Facilitate
User
Recommend
Identify Locate Acquire
Synthesize
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28. Questions and discussion
Thanks for attending!
C0ntact me:
Jamene Brooks-Kieffer
Resource Linking Librarian
Kansas State University Libraries
© 2010 Jamene Brooks-Kieffer
785-532-6732
jamenebk@ksu.edu