2019 Conference and Developers Day
August 26–29, 2019
Singapore
Please find below the IGeLU 2019 Conference, Developers' Day plus Ex Libris Knowledge Day Programme, in a slightly abbreviated form. The final and full version of the programme will be published in the IGeLU Conference App available from Apple Store & Google Play. The Conference Planning Committee reserves the right to make last minute alterations to the schedule where necessary.
Give Them What they Want: How LibKey is Setting the New Standard for Content Access
Conference or Developers' Day
Conference
Abstract
Researcher expectations for simplicity in content access have been greatly increased thanks to social sharing or pirate sites such as Research Gate, Academia.edu and Sci-Hub. Creating this same simplicity within library tools has been a challenge due to the complicated web of entitlements, authentication, aggregation and more.
LibKey, a technology derived from the BrowZine service, greatly simplifies this problem to create "signposts" for users indicating instantly their access options for scholarly articles including a single click to the PDF. Initially designed to enhance Discovery systems, LibKey has continued to grow into new and useful venues including PubMed with LibKey Link and the new browser extension, LibKey Nomad, allowing the same enhancement across thousands of publisher pages, PubMed, Google Scholar and even Wikipedia.
This presentation will focus on the origins of the LibKey technology, how it works, where all it can be used and where it is going in the future.
Main Topic
Interoperability / APIs
Primo
Summon
Other: Cross-product / General / Strategic
Presenters
John Seguin, Third Iron
Presenter's job title
President & Chief Librarian
Co-Presenters
Christian Hänger, Moderator, University of Mannheim
Co-presenter's job title
Director of Library Systems & Special Collections