[topicmapmail] Document Object Identifiers/CrossRef

[Suellen Stringer-Hye]

Here is the abstract and citation from an article describing how libraries are 
currently using both DOIs and SFX (open URL I mentioned in a previous 
post). Let me know if you'd like a copy of the article and I'll send it to you. 

---Suellen 


Title: CrossRef and SFX: complementary linking services for libraries 
Author(s): Jenny Walker Journal: New Library World Year: 2002 Volume: 
103 Number: 3 Page: p83 -- p89 DOI: 10.1108/03074800210422296 
Publisher: Emerald Abstract: With the increase in the use of electronic 
information services in libraries, and in particular with the dramatic increase 
in the use of electronic journals, there is an urgent need by libraries for 
solutions that link the disparate information resources in a meaningful way 
for the end user and that optimize the use of these resources. Such linking 
solutions are now available for libraries, supported and assisted by the 
emergence of new standards such as the OpenURL and the Digital Object 
Identifier (DOI). Linking solutions built around these standards include SFX 
and CrossRef. Demonstrates how these different solutions, and the 
underlying standards, interact to meet library needs.

Suellen Stringer-Hye
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Vanderbilt University
stringers@library.vanderbilt.edu