SFX Web Service

May 2012

SFX Web Service - Local

The SFX Web Service enables local SFX databases to be queried to determine whether a document is available electronically in full text at the institution

Available for all Colombo libraries using the SFX link resolver Tested and documented Summer 2011 Implemented for journal article requests in September 2011 Implemented for monograph requests in October 2011

SFX Web Service Local - Operation

After a user creates a request, both LocDoc and the SFX Web service are simultaneously launched in order to create a rota of lenders

If SFX answers the VDX query with a YES (indicating that the full-text electronic document is available): The request will have the Authorisation Status “Check Manual” and

the rota will contain “SFX – Name of Institution” as the first lender The Log Messages section will contain the note “Local Location on

Rota” and “SFX – Name of Institution”

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries

Exploration of the possibility of activating the SFX Web service in order to search other institutions’ SFX simultaneously with DocFind

Useful for the situation where not all of the electronic journals available through SFX may be found in the catalogue searched by DocFind

Initial tests of the SFX Web service April-May 2012

SFX Web service test in production May 2012: Université de Montréal as borrower Only CREPUQ libraries Only journal article requests

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries - Operation

SFX location is associated with one lending location per institution QXX01 except: QMQ02, QSH02, QQL02

SFX locations are added to Search Groups and (if the document is located) to Rotas

If the document is found in a CREPUQ library’s SFX, the call number added will be “SFXxx” (SFX01 – SFX16), where SFXxx is the symbol of the SFX location in Colombo

If a document is found at the same institution by SFX and by DocFind, the location is added once to the Rota, unless the lender location identified by SFX is different from the lender location identified by Z39.50

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries - Operation

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries - Operation

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries - Operation

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries - Operation

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries - Operation

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries – Other Considerations

If a request is touched by ILL staff (authorisation, changes to the rota, addition of a note, etc.), all the “SFXxx” call numbers will disappear for all the lenders (current and future) in the rota.

Problem reported to OCLC

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries – Example

Example: Nouvelles études francophones ISSN: 1552-3152 2009

Nephron ISSN : 1660-2110 2007

SFX Web Service - Other Libraries – Next Steps

Implementation after June 8 for CREPUQ libraries, unless you ask us to not set it up

Development request to OCLC for “SFX Responder” (equivalent to DocFind Responder)

Should we configure SFX targets for OCUL?

Questions/Comments?