Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> Karen Coyle wrote:
>> Can you elaborate on this Eric? It sounds interesting, but I don't know
>> what you mean by having the OPAC be a resolver. Probably an example
>> would help me.
> Well, all a 'link resolver' is is something that takes an OpenURL, and
> provides a web page to the user with information/services about the
> citation in that OpenURL.
>
> So the ILS/OPAC should be able to take an OpenURL, and provide
> information to the user on the holdings that match that citation that
> are controlled by the ILS. The ILS already has information in it about a
> LOT of our holdings.
Isn't that what Z39.50 does for us? (Or SRU/SRW). I think of the link
resolver as doing more than returning holdings - in fact, it should be
able to offer a range of services. I suppose we could add that to the
catalog, but a lot of the things we want services around aren't in the
catalog -- that's kind of how link resolvers got started. And I think
that many of them do query the catalog when that's appropriate.
kc
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