Using OpenURL Activity Data

Title

Using OpenURL Activity Data

Duration

Phase 1: November 2010 – January 2011
Phase 2: February – July 2011

Summary

This project will take forward the recommendations of the Shared OpenURL Data Infrastructure Investigation to further explore the value and viability of releasing OpenURL activity data for use by third parties as a means of supporting development of innovative functionality that serves the UK HE community.

Project Deliverables

Phase 1:

• Project Plan (PDF, 83.8 Kb)
• Project website or blog
• Investigation of data disclosure and risk management if IP addresses are to be collected (PDF, 221.5 Kb)
• Checkpoint to determine Phase 2 viability.

Phase 2:

• A data aggregation
• Prototype application based on the data aggregation
• Using OpenURL Activity Data Project Final Report (PDF, 216 Kb)
  • Appendix A What is an OpenURL resolver and what is the UK OpenURL Router (PDF, 170 Kb)
  • Appendix B Initial Investigation Questionnaire (PDF, 4.9 Mb)
  • Appendix C Initial Investigation Questionnaire Responses (PDF, 19.5 Kb)
  • Appendix D How to inform your users about data processing (PDF, 30 Kb)
  • Appendix E Data Analysis for Development (PDF, 368Kb)
  • Appendix F Recommendations Database Schema (PDF, 68 Kb)

Funders

JISC Repositories and Preservation Programme

Links

• EDINA
• JISC
• OpenURL Router
• Shared OpenURL Data Infrastructure Investigation

News

Release of OpenURL Router Data, 26 May 2011

Prototype Recommender Available Based on OpenURL Router Data, 9 August 2011

Using OpenURL Activity Data Final Report Released, 7 September 2011