[WEB4LIB] LexisNexis responds to request for direct linking...

[Thomas Dowling]

I think that's about the same response I got from them on this subject
two or three years ago.

IIRC, Ex Libris was testing SFX five years ago, and D-Lib published one
of the first OpenURL papers (maybe *the* first? -
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/march2001-vandesompel>) over four years ago.
 The need to support article-level linking existed well before that;
this was just a framework to hang it on.  Full text vendors who really
make this a high priority got it done long ago.


Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu


> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dear Mr. Wuolu,
>  
> Thank you for your note. Rest assured that this is a very high
> priority within the academic group of LexisNexis and we are working on
> developing the capabilities that you request. Unfortunately, as is the
> case within many large operations, it takes time to both fund and
> implement such changes to a system. We are very aware that user
> expectations are everchanging and that we need to respond to these
> issues.
>