RE: Innopac and SFX customers

[kjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx]

We have been using SFX for a few years now...  We started using it before
WebBridge existed, so we haven't bought the latter.

You don't have to contact each vendor when you use SFX.  Part of what you
get with the purchase of the product is access to a common database that is
updated monthly with all the customers' links, so you don't necessarily have
to "reinvent the wheel".

Our acquisitions librarian is on his way to ALA, and he's my local expert on
SFX.  But he may be monitoring his email while he's gone, so I'll cc him on
this reply.

In the interim, you can always contact our SFX team directly through
sfx@xxxxxxxxxx for more detailed answers.  

Katherine Johnson
Head, Technical Services
Caltech Library System
Millikan Library 1-32
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA  91125
Tel: (626) 395-6065	Fax: (626) 792-7540
kjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx



-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Pasternack [mailto:Howard_Pasternack@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 8:15 AM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Innopac and SFX customers


As far as I can tell the products could not work together.  As part of the 
implementation of the product you need to contact each openurl database 
source vendor and give them the url of your openurl server target. The 
server url is what enables a source such as Ebsco to work with SFX or 
Webbridge.  My guess is that two different servers would pose problems and 
even if the source could handle it, the users would be very confused.

One of the issues with SFX is that the Innopac is not openurl enabled as a 
source and Innovative does not offer this option excepts to customers of 
its Webbridge or Metafind products.  If you wanted to openurl enable your 
Innopac as a source, you would be much better off purchasing the Metafind 
product. I don't know of anyone using Metafind and SFX.  From an 
administration standpoint, it would likely be easier to work with either 
the two Innovative products or the two ExLibris products.  -- Howard

At 10:03 AM 6/19/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I was told by Innovative that webbridge may offer additional linking
>capabilities for SFX but I wanted to know if that is the experience of any
>customers that have both products installed.
>
>  (}     Ben Hope,  The TALLGUY
>/||\    Chief, Systems Office
>  ||     National Institutes of Health Library
>  /\     Tallguy@xxxxxxxxxx
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Pasternack [mailto:Howard_Pasternack@xxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:52 AM
>To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Innopac and SFX customers
>
>
>I'm not clear about this question.  SFX is the product sold by ExLibris
>which provides the capability to link from openurl enabled source databases
>to various targets.  Webbridge is the product sold by Innovative which
>provides similar capabilities.  There are a number of Innovative sites
>which are using SFX and there are a number of Innovative sites using
>Webbridge.  -- Howard
>
>At 08:22 AM 6/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Please respond to the list as I'm interested as well.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Joe Reimers
> >
> >At 08:55 PM 6/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >>We are contemplating purchasing the webbridge product to enhance our
> >>ability to link to SFX from Innopac.  I would like to hear from III
> >>customers that have the webbridge product to know if it worth
> >>purchasing.
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>  (}     Ben Hope,  The TALLGUY
> >>/||\    Chief, Systems Office
> >>  ||     National Institutes of Health Library
> >>  /\     Tallguy@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>6'8"    http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/
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> >Notre Dame Law Library
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