LinkOut Update

Medical Library AssociationAnnual Meeting 2006

Phoenix, AZ

Update Items Home page and Help Submission Utility redesign Enhancing localization: Share My NCBI

selections with your users LinkOut promotional materials New Flash tutorials

New Developments: Website & Help

Redesigned to facilitate access to information.

Home page provides web site navigation and quick access to Help manual.

Web site contains frequently updated information, such as FAQs and training materials.

LinkOut Help is a basic instruction manual for LinkOut, Outside Tool and DDS participation.

New Developments: Website & Help

Getting there from PubMed (www.pubmed.gov)

New Developments: Website & Help

Tab format groups resources for easy access.

“Quick Links” to frequently used

resources.

“Quick links” to Help and FAQ lists.

New Developments: Website & Help

Information for Libraries is under

the “Libraries” tab.

Links are grouped by topic.

New Developments: Website & Help

Click on the topic to toggle the menu

New Developments: Website & Help

Many of the links lead directly to the topic

in LinkOut Help.

New Developments: Website & Help

LinkOut Help is a book on the

NCBI bookshelf.

Searchable!

TOC in sidebar.

Complete contents here.

New Developments: Website & Help

Each chapter is available as a PDF for easy

printing.

What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility

Library Submission Utility redesign Goals:

Improve layout for easier use Incorporate new features

SNEAK PEAK!!!

What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility

Like the homepage, a tabbed format

assists with navigation.

LinkOut is the default tab.

What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility

Listing journals by title ranges improves browsing.

Choices for browsing. Filter the list.

Browse or search.

What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility

Simple “click to pick” format is maintained for

journal selection.

NEW FEATURES!

What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility

URL Prefix/Suffix: Customize the URLs for your library’s links.

What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility

What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility

Manage Outside Tool and DDS

from the Submission Utility.

What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility

Enhanced localizing: My NCBI share

Display icons, filter tabs, and highlighting from My NCBI using a special URL.

Increase the visibility of your library’s resources for your users.

Easy to set up: www.pubmed.gov

Enhanced localizing: My NCBI share

Enhanced localizing : My NCBI share

For example: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?myncbishare=linkout

Enhanced localizing : My NCBI share

LinkOut Promotional Materials

In response to requests for promotional materials from libraries.

Help libraries promote LinkOut to users.

LinkOut Promotional Materials

What are other libraries doing to promote LinkOut?

New Tutorials 3 short animated Flash tutorials

Displaying Icons Setting up filters PubMed & OpenURL-based services

LinkOut>Libraries>Training and Promotion Ideas for topics? Please let us know.

New Tutorials

Questions??????

Please send questions and comments to: lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov