The Summon -- Research4Life Project
Helle Lauridsen Library Relations Manager ProQuest [email protected]
The Summon – Research4Life Project
• Started ~ 2012 – WHO + SerialsSolutions (now Proquest) • Goal: Provide free Summon & 360 Link sites to HINARI and
Research4Life to help users with the research process
• Volunteer Based – Mainly Degree Librarians
Overview
About Serials Solutions (ProQuest Workflow Solutions)
Founded in Seattle, Washington, USA in 2000
Founded by a librarian, for librarians
Over 230 employees stationed around the world
Serve libraries and institutions in over 77 countries
Products support management and discovery of electronic resources
•A – Z lists •Resource Management •Link Resolver
•Federated Search •Discovery (Summon)
Problem we wanted to help solve at Research4Life
Serials Solutions partnering with Research4Life
World Health Organization (WHO) + Summon Web Scale Discovery
Aligned Goals - To help users search, discover, and access content
Staffed Librarians interested in volunteering
What is web-scale discovery?
New category of service
Simple, easy, fast approach to discovering the critical core of the library’s collection
NOT a replacement for any databases or OPAC
No clear and compelling starting place
Difficulty identifying appropriate resources
Confusing to navigate across resources
Why Don’t Users Research use the Library?
Relative sizes of known databases & Summon index
Summon
Average Catalog
PubMed
Library of Congress
Summon
Journal Article (28,089,592)
Book Review (1,029,625)
Book Chapter (413,518)
Magazine Article (388,724)
Trade Publication Article (137,653)
Newspaper Article (130,959)
Conference Proceeding (97,007)
Government Document (94,363)
Book / eBook (50,025)
Reference (48,065)
Newsletter (16,348)
Journal / eJournal (13,125)
Publication (4,706)
Data Set (3,430)
Summon Content Growth
Almost 2 Billion Deduped by Dec 2014!
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How we build a Summon record
Summon
Record
Sage, Wiley, Elsevier, etc. :
Full Text
Gale/ProQuest: abstracts and subject
terms
CrossRef:
DOI
Ulrich’s:
Peer-reviewed status
Hathi Trust
Full text match & merge deduplication
Participant records matched and merged into master Summon record
Basically.....
Summon is fast, easy, simple
Brings researchers back to library resources
Helps library reclaim its position
Increases ROI for library resources
Is the easiest place to start the research process
NOT a replacement for OPAC or databases
NOT built for librarians, built for end users
Over 450 libraries agree that Summon:
The Summon – Research4Life Project Overview
• ~30 Volunteers (ProQuest Employees) have participated • ~300 Volunteer Hours
• Profile Configuration • HINARI Branding • Database Additions • Customizations
Research4Life complexities and Summon consortium
38% of countries, areas, and territories have all content
77% of publishers offer content in all countries
The remainder is a complex matrix of access in each country, area, or territory
The Summon – Research4Life Project
Current Project Status
• Main HINARI, AGORA, OARE sites are ready • Sites for Full Access/Minimal Access
• Includes: • Summon (for discovery) • 360 Link (for OpenURL linking to full text)
• PubMed & Google Scholar Linkout • Main HINARI Profile:
• 36634 Journals • 49125 eBooks • ~200 Databases • ~150 Providers
• Blank Summon Search: 30,041,599 results
The Summon – Research4Life Project
360 Link
• OpenURL enabled Link Resolver • Allows users to link to article and journal level full text • Integrates seamlessly with Summon • Pubmed Linkout
• Allows users to search Pubmed and link to full text • Google Scholar Linkout
• Allows users to search Google Scholar, and link to full text
The Summon – Research4Life Project
• title:(Cerebral Palsy) title:(Cerebral Palsy) title:(Cerebral Palsy) • physical traumatic wound • EVALUATION OF ICT IMPACT IN NURSING CARE • stunting in under five children AND somalia • endophthalmitis kam dawkins • Training modules obstetrics • MHealth Maternal and Child Health • Inguinal ANATOMY • social science curriculum, medicine, africa • "health information services" • smoking as a predictor of negative
outcome in diaphyseal fracture healit • Immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis • bronchopulmonary dysplasia • cesarean section • negative impact of new technology in bedside nursing • morgagni hernia in adults • transgenic axolotl • renal dtpa scan • Cultures Effect on Brand and Store Loyalty A Research in Turkey
• toxicological emergencies • paclitaxel • The Effects of Long Working Hours on Nurses • purulent vaginal discharge in cervical cancer • Timor Leste • sexual dysfunction • mental health nursing • Teaching leadership in medical schools • low adherence to exclusive breastfeeding among • HIV positive mothers • sambucus vitro • nutrition, socioeconomic, east africa • laser acupuncture • preterm birth management • reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent (Ret-He) • cancer pathology • toenail care acute hospital • Encouraging and evaluating class participation • alzheimer's disease • vitiligo and HIV