Enhancing access to

subscribed online contents: A

case study of ACTREC

S S Belapurkar & Satish Munnolli ACTREC, Navi Mumbai

Agenda

• Challenges at ACTREC library

• Development of library home page

• LinkOut program

• EZproxy for remote access

Challenges

• Switch over to online from print

• High speed internet connected nodes

• Showcasing the library collection

• Supporting researcher’s needs

• Reaching out to users

Development of Library Home Page

• Absorption of Trainees (IT background)

• Customization of server

• Installation of CMS

Joomla - Rockettheme

• Training

• Reference Manual

http://library.actrec.gov.in:8080/

User Friendly

PubMed LinkOut – Why !

LinkOut is the program (FREE) creates links from PubMed to external websites for accessing subscribed full-text articles at publisher websites. Library's print holdings can also be integrated through Submission Utility. Increases visibility of serials. Fast and easy accessibility of e-journals as well as print journals. It comes with no cost to library.

PubMed LinkOut – Onetime

Registration Send an Email to lib-reg@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

In a week s time, NLM sends email containing

username and password.

Username / Password is used to access to

LinkOut files submission utility.

PubMed LinkOut

PubMed LinkOut - Submission Utility

PubMed LinkOut - ACTREC Page

PubMed LinkOut – Online Journal

Addition

Submitting Print Holdings

Submitting Print holdings is done by uploading

a text file of print holdings

Each line of the text file must be in the

following format-

ISSN I ESSN I Medline Abbr I Start Year I End

Year I Start Volume I End Volume I Acquisition

Status I

PubMed LinkOut – Online Journal

Addition

PubMed LinkOut

PubMed LinkOut – Online & Print

PubMed LinkOut – (Neighbours)

EZproxy – Remote Access Tool

Summary

Impact of services …

• Showcase the collection

• Increased usage

• Seamless access to subscribed content

• Visibility of services

Thank you Contact :

Dr. Satish Munnolli smunnolli@actrec.gov.in