OCLC’s announcement that it would cease supporting 1CATE and Swets’ subsequent decision to move to TDNet will result in changes to the MU Libraries’ open URL resolver. We will lose access to SwetsWise Linker on March 31. Due to the short time frame and the massive amount of data to be managed, we have elected not to utilize TDNet. Serials Solutions’ 360 Link has been selected as the interim link resolver because the majority of our holdings data is already in the Serials Solutions’ system due to our current Summon subscription and an existing contract was in place with the other 3 UM campuses.
A team comprised of Ann Riley, Diane Johnson, David Walsh, Karen Darling, Felicity Dykas and Rhonda Whithaus are working on the implementation of 360 Link. The service will still be called Findit@MU but there will be changes in the screen displays and how it works. A list of the tasks identified for this implementation is listed below for your review. If you think of items not listed that need to be addressed, please contact a member of the implementation team.
We will be updating links on the libraries’ web pages, LibGuides, in the databases and online resources, etc., to the new resolver by the end of March. However, we are very pleased and thankful to report that OCLC has agreed to support the existing in-bound links to 1CATE until the end of the semester in May. This means that we do not have to worry about replacing the links to 1CATE in ERes and Blackboard until the semester is over.
If you have questions, please contact a member of the implementation team.
