GOLD RUSH LINKER VERSION 4

On Monday morning, June 12^th the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries will be releasing a new version of Gold Rush Linker to all of its sites.  In order to release the new version of the link resolver, Gold Rush will be unavailable to all libraries from 11pm (MDT), June 11^th (Sunday night) until approximately 7am (MDT) on June 12^th.  Accompanying this release will be a full set of documentation. 

The new release will not require sites to make any immediate changes, but as libraries are able they will want to explore the rich new world of functionality being offered in this release.

The new release of Gold Rush Linker is a full rewrite of the software that will provide greatly improved reliability, functionality and flexibility.  Staff from the Colorado Alliance are willing to visit sites who would like training or an update.

Some of the new features include:

• Gold Rush Linker will now support both NISO OpenURL 1.0 as well as 0.1 standards
• Sites will be able to customize their Gold Rush Linker results screens.  Some of the features include the ability to reorganize screen layout, add your own colors and fonts, incorporate your own stylesheets (or use one of our three templates), incorporate your own graphics/logos, and label section headings with your own words.
• Sites will now be able to build their own article targets using any standard OpenURL variables.  Gold Rush will continue to offer a predefined group of targets for easy selection, but being able to build your own targets opens up the ability to resend article level metadata to many remote systems including new aggregators, publishers, ILL management systems, Web forms, document delivery systems or other systems.
• Tighter controls over when a publisher-based Digital Object Identifier (DOI) from CrossRef should appear to the user will mean fewer false links in GR Linker results screen.  Each library can now define which providers should be excluded for DOIs from CrossRef.
• Incoming OpenURLs to Gold Rush no longer will require an ISSN.  If the incoming citation lacks an ISSN the system can be set to provide a fallback title search.  If more than one title matches, the user can select which title should be used.
• A library can now determine if outgoing links on the Gold Rush Linker results page open in a separate window or remain in the same window.

Gold Rush Linker will continue to support its previous functionality including full compatibility with Google Scholar.

More information about Gold Rush Linker is available by contacting the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries ([log in to unmask]) or (303-759-3399.  Ask for George Machovec or Rose Nelson.

George Machovec
Associate Director
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
3801 E. Florida, Suite 515
Denver, CO 80210
(303) 759-3399 x.101
(303) 759-3363 (fax)