[WEB4LIB] Re: Google Scholar

[Kathleen Shearer]

Google also indexes the metadata found in DSpace repositories. 
I think that we need to lobby Google to ensure that the content of eScholarship and other IRs is included in the Google Scholar service.

Kathleen
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Roy Tennant 
  To: Multiple recipients of list 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:34 PM
  Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Google Scholar


  The UC eScholarship Repository was mentioned, although the URL was 
  slightly off (see <http://repositories.cdlib.org/>). Although we store 
  our metadata in a highly granular form within a database, we write out 
  static HTML pages for each repository paper, which means we are 
  eminently "crawlable" by Google and others. At one time we even figured 
  out that easily 40% of our usage was brought to us by Google. We use 
  the bepress or "Digital Commons" platform.
  Roy

  On Nov 24, 2004, at 8:42 AM, S.J.Newman at brighton.ac.uk wrote:

  > I mailed the Google Scholar team with a similar question.
  >
  > Specifically I asked if they are harvesting metadata from OAI-PMH 
  > compliant
  > repositories. My understanding is that Google's crawlers are unaware 
  > of the
  > OAI-PMH and that exposing the content of an IR involves converting the
  > content to a format which Google is able to consume.
  >
  > They've acknowledged my email but haven't yet given me the information 
  > I
  > requested!
  >
  > Steve Newman
  > Networked Information Services Manager
  > University of Brighton, UK
  > +44 (0)1273 642637
  >
  >
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: web4lib at webjunction.org 
  > [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]
  > On Behalf Of Kathleen Shearer
  > Sent: 24 November 2004 16:03
  > To: Multiple recipients of list
  > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Google Scholar
  >
  > Hi Jennifer,
  >
  > By institutional repositories I am referring to the relatively new 
  > platforms
  > that some libraries are implementing to collect research papers, etc.
  > created at their institution. For example, the eScholarship Repository 
  > at
  > the University of California (http://repositories.cdlib.org/ahc/) or 
  > DSpace
  > at MIT (http://libraries.mit.edu/dspace-mit/)
  >
  > These repositories often provide free access to papers that have been
  > previously published in subscription-based journals.
  > I think it would be nice to have access to the free version of a paper
  > through the Scholars Portal if there is one available, as well as the
  > publishers version.
  >
  > Kathleen
  >
  >
  >
  > Kathleen Shearer
  > Research Associate
  > Canadian Association of Research Libraries
  > (514) 847-9068
  > mkshearer at videotron.ca
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: Jennifer Heise
  >   To: mkshearer at videotron.ca ; web4lib at webjunction.org
  >   Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:24 AM
  >   Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Re: Google Scholar
  >
  >
  >   Kathleen Shearer wrote:
  >
  >> Contrary to what has been reported in some of the articles about 
  >> Google
  > Scholar, I don't think the content in institutional repositories is 
  > being
  > made available through the service (even though some IR content *is*
  > accessible through the regular Google). On the other hand, content from
  > several disciplinary archives (eg. arXiv) has been included.
  >
  >   Ok, I know I'm a little slow on the uptake, but what do we mean by
  >   'institutional respositories' in this context?
  >
  >   --
  >   /   Jennifer Heise, Helpdesk/Librarian, Email: jahb at lehigh.edu
  >   \ \ Lehigh Library & Technology Services, Phone: (610) 758-3072
  >      / Fairchild-Martindale Library, 8A Packer Ave, Bethlehem PA 18015
  >
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