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Byline: Tracey Caldwell

Resolution to persistence

It's a minefield out there for information professionals trying to keep up with linking and cross-reference technologies on the internet. Tracey Caldwell takes you through some of the key issues surrounding link standards and initiatives like OpenURL, DOIs and CrossRef

A large part of an academic librarian's job is providing library users with access to the scholarly texts that the university has paid for. Many hours work goes into maintaining links to electronic texts at content providers, publishers and agencies.

Link resolvers have smoothed part of this process, but still depend on ...

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