National Library for Health goes live with WorldCat Link Manager
The National Library for Health (NLH) has successfully implemented an OpenURL link resolver service for NHS library holdings using OCLC's WorldCat Link Manager.
WorldCat Link Manager has been implemented as their OpenURL resolver solution, allowing NLH library users to link to full text holdings within the NLH search interface from journal articles and eBooks that have been purchased by the NHS. A link to the full content is displayed next to the reference.
Ian McKinnell, Head of Development, NLH, comments "After a rigorous evaluation process we chose WorldCat Link Manager. We were extremely impressed with the quality of the customisable knowledgebase which provides links to over 90,000 journals and 2.5 million records of aggregator/provider data. Other key factors in the decision making process were its ability to support the complex authentication structures in the NHS and integrate with NLH technologies through flexible API’s.
"The project is the result of collaboration with NHS libraries across England - for the first time, the NHS now has an OpenURL compliant resolver, a key component in the Service Oriented Architecture we are building for NHS digital library services. The expertise of OCLC has been essential in delivering this service."