[WEB4LIB] Re: metadata and related links

[Stefaan Renard]

>I thought OpenURL provided links to specific documents.  How could it be =
>implemented to provide links to "Related Pages"?

It can do both. An OpenURL resolver can use the metadata of a 
bibliographical description to find related documents @ eg WWW indexes like 
Google and Altavista or licensed databases like Web of Science, Current 
Contents etc. It is not only a way to get the full text for a specific 
description, it can also generate queries in (freely) available databases 
to find related information. It guides the user to related information and 
is managed by the local library.

Regards,
Stefaan






>Karen R. Harker, MLS
>UT Southwestern Medical Library
>5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
>Dallas, TX  75390-9049
>214-648-1698
>http://www.swmed.edu/library/
>
> >>> Stefaan Renard <stefaan.renard at vub.ac.be> 5/29/02 1:24:10 PM >>>
> >I'm looking for examples of library (or educational) websites that are
> >utilizing metadata in order to dynamically generate "Related Pages" =
>links.
> >Any leads?
>
>
>Take a look at the OpenURL initiative:  <http://library.caltech.edu/openurl=
>/>
>
>Regards,
>Stefaan
>
>
>
> >thanks in advance,
> >Dianne Cmor                             Email: dcmor at mun.ca
> >Information Services Librarian          Voice: (709) 737-7427
> >Queen Elizabeth II Library              Fax: (709) 737-2153
> >Memorial University of Newfoundland
> >St. John's, Newfoundland   A1B 3Y1
>
>Stefaan Renard
>Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
>Universiteitsbibliotheek
>URL: <http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/>
>Vlink demo: <http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/vlink/index.html>
>Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel (Belgium)
>Gebouw B, 2de verdieping, lokaal 2 B 114
>tel (direct) : +32- (0)2-629.37.04
>tel (secretariaat) : +32- (0)2-629.26.09
>fax (secretariaat) : +32- (0)2-629.26.93
>e-mail : <stefaan.renard at vub.ac.be>
>
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Stefaan Renard
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Universiteitsbibliotheek
URL: <http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/>
Vlink demo: <http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/vlink/index.html>
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel (Belgium)
Gebouw B, 2de verdieping, lokaal 2 B 114
tel (direct) : +32- (0)2-629.37.04
tel (secretariaat) : +32- (0)2-629.26.09
fax (secretariaat) : +32- (0)2-629.26.93
e-mail : <stefaan.renard at vub.ac.be>


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