Google Scholar Library Links Hits 1,200 Participating Libraries
Posted by Jacque on June 8th, 2007
Google Librarian Central announced that Scholar Library Links — a program that Google launched just over two years ago to facilitate the connection between Scholar search results and libraries’ electronic journal collections is now more than 1,200 libraries strong.
“This number is significant not only because of its sheer size, but more so because it indicates how successful the links have become in uniting many Google Scholar users to the digital content that libraries have licensed. Participating libraries are seeing a 10-20% click-through rate on these links — quite a high number considering typical user behavior on search results pages,” said Darcy Dapra, Strategic Partner Manager.
“If your library does not have a link resolver and you’d like to join the Library Links program, get in touch with us at scholar-library@google.com. We can help find a free solution that is right for you. And if you are working with a link resolver vendor to share your holdings information with Google Scholar, be sure to register the entire set of your IPs! The more exposure that we can provide to your licensed collections for all of your patrons, the better.”
