ALA 2016 NISO Standards Update Link Origin Tracking
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Transcript of ALA 2016 NISO Standards Update Link Origin Tracking
NISO Link Origin Tracking
Nettie Lagace, NISO - @abugseyeNISO Update
ALA Annual, Orlando, June 26, 2016
Work item
• Approved by NISO Voting Members Q1 2016• Purpose: Develop a recommended practice to
allow libraries, publishers, and other content providers to accurately track the sites/platforms from which incoming links originate when they pass through a link resolver
Discovery Networked Link Environment
Working Group Goals
• Investigate effective and scalable options to allow content provider and libraries to determine original source of link
• Provide guidance on implementation (including proof-of-concept)
• Provide information on leveraging solution to obtain accurate statistics on source of traffic to their site
Working Group*• Danielle Reisch, Wiley• Emily Singley, Boston College Libraries• Mike Sollars, Cengage Learning• Christine Stohn , Ex Libris, Inc.• Mike Taylor, Digital Science• Matthew Treskon, National Agricultural
Library• Robert Tupelo-Schneck, CNRI• Ken Varnum, University of Michigan
Library• Peter Vlahakis, ITHAKA/JSTOR/Portico• Stephanie Wical, Boston University• Julie Zhu, IEEE
• Nasreen Arain, Taylor and Francis• Sacha Arnold, Innovative Interfaces,
Inc.• Jacques Doux, Elsevier• Michael Fernandez, American
University Library• David Fritsch, ITHAKA/JSTOR/Portico
Don Hamparian, OCLC• Paul Jessop, International DOI
Foundation (IDF)• Chuck Koscher, CrossRef• Eddie Neuwirth, ProQuest• Lisa O'Hara, University of Manitoba
Libraries• Gary Pollack, EBSCO Information
Services
Benefits & Challenges• Once we have the ability to track link origins, what will that enable my institution to
do that it cannot do now? Please provide at least 2 benefits.– Analytics– Communication– Quality Improvements– User Knowledge– Value of Discovery
• What are two challenges that you believe face this workgroup on the path to developing a tracking link origins recommended practice?– Adoption– Conformance– Data standards– Implementation– Privacy– Reporting– Tracking
Thank you! Questions?