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Brief Description |
Contact |
Interoperable? |
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Virtual Library
[HIGH]
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The ICE's Virtual Library gives access to the largest repository of full text civil engineering papers in the world. Searching is free and there are pay per view and subscription options for access to the full text.
http://www.iceknowledge.com/ |
Mike Chrimes (PerX project Partner)
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Not known |
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Actions
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- Caren Milloy [c.milloy@jisc.ac.uk] Jisc collections manager email 26/01/05 -
Hoping to get agreement soon to Licence ICE Virtual Library in perpetuity and offer it free to all UK HE and FE institutions. [We would only be doing an agreement with them for a static archive so it would not include the new journals (http://www.ice.org.uk/services/services_journals.asp), but they will re-work it so that there is no gap between them]
- Mike Chrimes contacted by RM on 27/01/06 about interoperability, etc.
- 17/02/06- Meeting with Mike Chrimes. It is likely that the ICE will be rebuilding their Db as a result of the JISC Deal. This is likely to be in May 06. This would be an ideal time for ICE to consider exposing metadata from their system. Actions: MM to pass 'Marketing with Metadata' document to MC when it becomes available and ICE to consider best options. MC to pass ICE Proceedings Metadata to RM (on CD) for investigation.
- Now have the complete ICE VL database as an excell spreadsheet (5575 records). SC could get this into PerX/Xtra with approx 2days effort. Note there are maintenance issues - how would we keep it up to date? Periodic manual updates?
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IEEE Xplore
[HIGH] |
IEEE Xplore provides access to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers content. Xplore contains documents from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings and standards, as well as IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) publications. Metadata is freely searchable although access to the full text is via subscription or online article purchase.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/dynhome.jsp
NB// IEEE is already indexed via Google. Could we get IEEE to periodically give us the same (or similar) metadata that they give to Google?
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/guide/g_infoac_google.jsp
IEEE Xplore is indexed by Google™ allowing Google search results to include links to IEEE Xplore. Abstract records typically contain the document’s citation and abstract summary. Guests may browse tables of contents or conduct a Basic Search of all brief Abstracts to locate and purchase documents of interest. IEEE Members and users at subscribing institutions have access to complete AbstractPlus records, all search functions, and subscribed full text.
http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/products/whats-new/wncomp/wncomp0304.html#7
GOOGLE USERS FLOCK TO IEEE XPLORE
IEEE recently announced that researchers worldwide can now locate technical papers published by IEEE when searching online using the Google search engine. Since then, IEEE Xplore traffic from Google users has risen dramatically. IEEE web tracking reports that Google referrals to IEEE Xplore have risen 1000% prior to the indexing of the site by Google. Google delivered 120,000 referrals to the IEEE Xplore Web site in December while the next highest search engine only delivered 19,000 referrals. The brief abstract records for IEEE papers, which Google has indexed, are available free to all researchers through IEEE Xplore. Access to IEEE online documents is available through institutional subscriptions, by individual online article purchase, or through subscriptions available to IEEE members. Visit IEEE Xplore at: www.ieee.org/ieeexplore
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Judy Brady
j.brady@ieee.org |
Not known |
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Actions |
- RM spoke to them at Online 2005, and contacted them 6 Jan.
- RM to contact at ASEE Conference, June 2006
- RM contacted 'b.lange@ieee.org' on 4/7 and again on 4/9
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IHS Specs & Standards service
[HIGH] |
The IHS Specs & Standards service provides access to more than 1 Million standards documents from over 370 Standards Developing Organizations along with 350,000 U.S. military standardization documents. Access to metadata is currently under negotiation.
http://engineers.ihs.com/standards/specs-standards/index.jsp |
Chris Methven |
No
(SRU/SRW interface is under development (Aug05)) |
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Actions |
- On 18 August 2005, Chris Methven wrote "There is a delay at our end on the ability to offer Specs and Standards."
- MM contacted again 27/7/06. Chris Methven has left IHS. New contact is Nathan Robinson [nathan.robinson@ihsti.com] (direcotor of product solutions. Nathan is looking into resurecting things at the IHS end.
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EPSRC Grants on the Web facility
[HIGH] |
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Contact on website Stephen.Powell@epsrc.ac.uk |
Not Known |
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Actions |
- MM contacted Steven Powell via email 13/06/06
- Appropriate contact seems to be Colin Haylock (colin.haylock@epsrc.ac.uk). Colin Haylock emailed 27/07/06
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RS Catalogue
[HIGH] |
http://rswww.com/
RS Catalogue contains the biggest choice of electronic, electrical, and mechanical components available in Europe , with over 110,000 products. It also includes the Technical Data Library (with 14,000 RS Data Sheets) and the New Products Magazine, as well as details of a selection of technical books and videos. You must register with the site to access the data sheets, registration is free .Product information (110,000) and data sheets (14,000). Personal Registration Required.
Notes: RS Catalogue appears to have some type of connection with Globalspec, RS have been a sponsor of EEVL in the Past, RM has had good contacts there previously.
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Not Known |
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Actions |
- RM to re-establish contact with RS sometime in June 2006.
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Institution of Civil Engineering (ICE) Image Gallery |
The ICE Image Gallery contains a number of historical civil engineering images. The web site provides a selection of images as an example of the type of material available. Contacts are given to seek copyright and usage information.
http://www.ice.org.uk/knowledge/library_image_gallery.asp |
Mike Chrimes (PerX project Partner) |
None Known |
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Actions |
- Mike Chrimes contacted by RM on 27/01/06 about interoperability, etc.
- 17/02/06- Meeting with Mike Chrimes. The image gallery is a digitised collection with metadata available in a database. Approx size is possibly around 500 images. The gallery is updated occassionally and may be an appropriate candidate for a Static OAI repository. MC indicated that there may be copyright issues relating to some of the images in the collection. Actions: MC to investigate details of image gallery and report back.
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ASEE Conference Proceedings
(example of professional society repository) |
The ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Conference Proceedings database provides access to papers presented at ASEE conferences. The full text of papers is freely available.
http://www.asee.org/about/events/conferences/search.cfm |
NONE
Contacts page lists IT Team. Conference is yearly - might be suitable for static repository? |
Not known |
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Actions |
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
Publish numerous titles in engineering. This content can be searched online.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/listings/eng.asp |
Ashleigh Bell
ashleigh.bell@tandf.co.uk |
Not Known |
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Actions |
- We contacted T&F on 12th May 2005, saying we would get back to them.
- 3/8/06 -RM contacted by
Lindsey Fountain (Managing Editor, T&F, Engineering and Technology Journals)
Lindsey.Fountain@tandf.co.uk. Interested in making their content available via TechXtra.
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Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) ePublication Archive |
The CCLRC ePublication archive aims to collect the academic output of CCLRC and make that accessible to the public. It contains pre-print journal articles, laboratory technical reports, conference presentations/papers, intellectual property rights and patents, theses and final project reports. >20k records, Approx 30% freely available fulltext.
http://epubs.cclrc.ac.uk/
OAI
http://epubs.cclrc.ac.uk/oai?verb=Identify
[indexed by eprintsUK] |
NONE
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Yes
(Via OAI-PMH) |
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Actions |
- Already has an OAI interface
- CCLRC is harvested by ePrints UK - seems to be the whole database.
- No action required. If CCLRC is not included in the new version of EprintsUK it should be included in Perx/TechXtra as a stand allone collection.
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IChemE Journal Archive |
The Institution of Chemical Engineers has digitized its journal archive back to 1923. The archive, in PDF format, is fully searchable by volume and author, and by keyword across the full text of every article. Single articles can be purchased online for £10 +Vat.
http://archive.icheme.org/cgi-bin/somsid.cgi?page=search |
NONE
Has 3 journal titles, >4k journal articles |
Not known |
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IMechE Virtual Library Databases |
Several IMechE databases are searchable from the IMechE Library (e.g. IMechE Library Catalogue; IMechE archives database; IMechE Picture Gallery; IMechE Consultants database), but are not freely searchable via the Web. Of these, one is of interest:
IMechE Picture Gallery
Digitised pictures from the IMechE archive collection. They can be browsed by subject area or sent to friends as e-cards. http://www.imeche.org.uk/gallery/
Details: http://www.imeche.org.uk/ils/virtual_library.asp
IMechE Proceedings Archive 1847-1996
http://archive.pepublishing.com/
(looks good J.harrington can access metadata from cranfield free)
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NONE
Martin Pratt [M_Pratt@IMECHE.org.uk]
Picture Gallery looks small but may be possible - candidate for static repository. |
No |
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Globalspec |
Provides several searchable databases of products, patents, standards, suppliers, plus a subject-based harvested search of websites.
http://www.globalspec.com/ and http://search.globalspec.com/Search/WebSearch |
RM has told them we are interested. They contact RM regularly, and tend not to respond when he answers. |
Not Known |
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Actions |
- 4/04/06 RM has had a response from Globalspec, and has replied - by essentially pointing them at the Metadata Marketing document.
- 12/06/06 - Globalspec contacted RM about cobranding partnership scheme.
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IEE Digital Library |
The IEE Digital Library holds more than 50,000 technical papers from IEE Journals and magazines back to 1994. Results are delivered via the Scitation platform (see below).
http://www.ieedl.org/
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NONE |
Not known |
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Actions |
- As far as we are aware the IEE Digital Library is included in IEEE Xplore. Thus no action is required here if we can get IEEE Xplore included.
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Morgan & Claypool |
Publish Synthesis: The Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
http://www.morganclaypool.com/
OAI-PMH interfaces are under consideration (Oct05).
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Judy Luther
judy.luther@informedstrategies.com |
No
(in development) |
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Actions |
- 20th November 2005 they said they would contact us to coordinate your obtaining metadata
- RM to contacted Judy at ASEE Conference, June 2006 and encouraged Judy to speed up the process.
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International Journal of IStructE |
http://www.istructe.org.uk/thestructuralengineer/Index.asp
(PerX Suggestion - email 20/01/06)
The Structural Engineer journal archive. International Journal of IStructE (The Institution of Structural Engineers)Main articles from 1923 to present. Full-text access for IStructE members and journal subscribers. Non-members can download articles on a pay-per-view basis.
Pay-per-view service expected to start at end of January 2006. Google in process of indexing the archive. |
Laura Priddle
priddle@istructe.org.uk
020 7201 9105
The Institution of Structural Engineers
11 Upper Belgrave Street
London
SW1X 8BH
United Kingdom
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- RM emailed priddle@istructe.org.uk 27/1/06
- Technical Contact is IT Systems Manager, Peter Sykes-
sykes@istructe.org.uk Tel: 020 7 235 4535 (ext.235).
- 17/03/06
MM Contacted Peter Sykes via email and pointed towards Marketing doc -asked for impressions or comments
- 13/06/06 MM chased via email - Looks promising. The database is approx 3300 items, updated twice per month. May well be suitable for a Static OAI Repository....
- MM Chased again late July - They are definitely interested but have IT committments up until the around Dec. MM to contact again around the start of Dec.
- MM chased again 29/11/06
- Reply from Peter Sykes. 10/01/07 Are working on Static OAI repository requested means to text XML files. Put Peter into contact with John Robestson (Stargate OAI Gateway) for testing and registering of Structural Engineering Journal Archive. Awaiting to hear of further progress.
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| Emerald
Want on list? |
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Contact:
Jenny Pickles 01274 785087 jpickles@emeraldinsight.com
OLD Contact:
Sharon Parkinson sparkinson@emeraldinsight.com |
Not Known |
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Actions |
- Sharon Parkinson contacted us via Perx Feedback Questionnaire (25/4/06) and suggested adding Emerald Engineering journals to the service.
- 9 May 2006 Roddy contacted Sharon.
- RM in last ditcy contact with Nancy Rolph(?) 31/07/06
- 3/8/06. RM has contacted Jenny Pickles. Emerald have metadata avaialble for their 18 Engineering journals. They use a data feed, which is ftp'd weekly, and they say that other aggregators find this works OK. It has the relevant metadata - heading/abs/links etc. They don't use Z or OAI, and will read about them and SRU on the 'Marketing metadata', but they almost certainly would prefer us to use their data feed.
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Knovel
[LOW] |
Knovel provides access to over 700 reference books and databases are available in the Library Product.
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/library/default.jsp |
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Not Known |
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Actions |
- RM had contact with Knovel at Online 2005. If they don't contact us as they said they would, we won't bother with them.
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Professional Engineering Publishing
[LOW] |
Professional Engineering Publishing is the publishing arm of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Seventeen journal titles (including 15 sections of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers) can be search from:
http://www.catchword.com/pep/search.htm |
NONE. Martin Pratt [M_Pratt@IMECHE.org.uk] should know who to contact.
The searching part seems to use ingenta connect somehow? |
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