: how we utilise Primo as a resource discovery tool

London E-resources Group, 29 June 2012

ExLibris products @ KUAleph - LMSPrimo – resource discovery toolSFX – knowledge base/link resolverMetalib – A-Z list databasesUstats – usage statisticsVerde - ERMbX – article recommenderARC – reporting tool for Aleph

Our Primo front-end: “iCat”

iCat access to databases

iCat with database search

iCat access to full-text articles

Choices …How to incorporate our e-journals into PrimoLooking forward to e-books (also now

harvested from SFX into Primo)Whether to have a Metalib public interfaceWhether to provide database and e-journal A-

ZWorking with Primo Central (index of

articles, chapters, reviews)User education / rankings / formats

Decisions …Harvest records daily from SFX (e-journals

and e-books) into PrimoDo not use Metalib ‘v’ interface, or quick sets

as a search choice in PrimoDatabase A-Z through Metalib; e-journal A-Z

through SFX Set up Primo to only show results with full-

textUse ranking to boost our own print book

records

Technical issues …Access to ‘My Account’ for our staff and students

is through Shibboleth; for external members with their username and library PIN

In theory allows single sign on to e-resources (but not always – we use Shibboleth, Open Athens, EZProxy)

Harvest data from our repository (E-prints) by OAI

Mobile view for searching (but not account view)

http://icat.kingston.ac.uk