LexisNexis & OpenURL discussion

[Steve Oberg]

I wanted to belatedly contribute to a recent thread about the ability, 
or lack thereof, for OpenURL functionality for LexisNexis Academic.  I 
am a member of a group called the LexisNexis Academic Content Advisory 
Committee.  This group is made up of librarians representing various 
sectors of users (e.g. I represent small college libraries) along with 
some LexisNexis personnel.  The group meets in conjunction with ALA.  In 
the two years I've been part of this group, this issue has been raised 
several times by librarian representatives.  I shared with the group the 
fact that this issue was raised here on Web4Lib.  I think it is safe to 
say that this issue may be receiving more attention from LexisNexis than 
heretofore, although I have no idea where this might go or how soon 
something might develop from it.  There will be some more dialog between 
representatives of the committee (including me) and LexisNexis staff 
about this issue in the near future.  If you have particular concerns or 
want to articulate your wishes for OpenURL functionality for this 
database, I'd like to hear about them.  Please send them to me offlist.

Thanks,

Steve

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Steve Oberg
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