[WEB4LIB] Organizing links pages

[Tara Calishain]

>Do you know of any better methods to organize these links which are
>proliferating outside of our OPAC?  Is it possible to create metadata
>records for these links, put them in a database and then still product an
>html page which is easily browsable?  
>
>We would appreciate any suggestions on how to tackle this problem.  Thanks

I'm having the same problem with the links generated by ResearchBuzz. 
Since I don't have a lot of time to mess with programming, and want something
I can update easily, I'm using LinkBank ( http://www.linkbank.net ) 
which allows you to create a searchable subject index (like Yahoo) of 
online links. It also supplies readers with a form through which they can
suggest links. You can cross-link HTML links to up to three catagories. 
LinkBank checks the viability of your links every night and puts the
links into a "stale link" category that you can check at your leisure. 

There are three things you should be aware of, though: 
   - You have to build your own category structure.
   - You cannot list password-protected pages, since LinkBank checks the 
veracity of a link before adding it to the database.
   - It costs $49 a year. 

DISCLAIMER: I'm not affiliated, just impressed.

Hope this helps,

Tara




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