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The main purpose of the OCLC Discovery integration is to enhance the user experience for OCLC Discovery users by providing context-driven links within the interface as illustrated below and to promote journal engagement. Below are the two main interactions that are enhanced in OCLC WorldCat Discovery using the LibKey API as well as some implementation variation options.
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More from this Journal" to enhance the Article detail view in OCLC Discovery
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You can read more details about what it does here.In contrast to the normal route of linking to content where depending on the source and configuration a user can be taken you to multiple sources, an authentication point and then ultimately one of hundreds of different publisher interfaces, the LibKey interaction of "Explore articles from most recent issue…" opens the current issue of that journal in the normalized, publisher-neutral view of BrowZine with an easy to understand and quickly-loading table of contents displayed. Further the option to “Explore “Explore articles from this issue…” issue…” shows the article the user is viewing highlighted in context providing an excellent serendipitous discovery experience for the user as they may encounter other articles in a thematic issue of a tightly scoped journal revealing articles that did not come up in their search but nonetheless are quite relevant to their research task.
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"View PDF" to enhance the Articles Search Results in OCLC Discovery
This interaction is made possible via our LibKey API. You can read more details about what it does here.
These links provide a one-click-to-PDF download service providing the fastest possible resolution to PDF for your users. The availability of a PDF for a particular article is fetched in real time via the LibKey API and if found a “View PDF” “View PDF” link is created below the article’s metadata.
This link is library configurable to either appear as a single one-click solution which will appear like this:
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Or …or may say “Access Online” “Access Online” requiring the user to click again to view ALL the available sources for an article but with the LibKey PDF being at the top as seen below after the click via a drawer that expands from the right side of the screen. This second option then does require an additional click (one to expand this tray and the second to click on the PDF link):
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The setting to choose which behavior you would like for your users is in the OCLC Service Configuration under “Full Text and Open Access Links” and then Interface Name → Display first primary link only (which will produce the one-click PDF experience whenever possible) or Display all primary links (which will produce the tray experience to show a prioritized PDF one-click experience as well as other full text options for the article:
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As noted in the description of the PDF links above, there is an additional area within the OCLC Service Configuration where you can consider if you want to provide users with a one-click PDF experience (View Primary Link Only) or to provide a tray of full text options. Third Iron recommends using the View Primary Link Only for the most friction-less user experience.
Full documentation on these choices can be found here:
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