OCLC Openly Informatics has just released some free, open-source software that we developed to help libraries deal with one aspect of the eResource fulfillment problem- How does a library easily and quickly determine which journals and other electronic resource have "disappeared" because of subscription snafus. It's a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that acts as an advanced link-checker.
It's a spin-off of the link-checking technology that we have been developing as part of the machinery we use to maintain the linking knowledgebases we produce for 1Cate, Worldcat and offerings from other companies. In addition to basic link checking, Link Evaluator can check for the presence of "green-flag" and "red-flag" phrases in linked-to resources. By working inside the Firefox browser, LinkEvaluator can exactly duplicate a user's experience and detect authentication problems. The green- and red- flag phrases can be supplied by editing preferences, or by inserting them into an html page of links to evaluate. LinkEvaluator is also multi-threaded, so it works up to 4 times faster than other link checking plugins. The developer behind this work is Filip Babalievsky; you can contact either of us with questions or kudos; there's also email list that we've set up. For more information and downloads, please see http://openly.oclc.org/linkevaluator/ and http://openly.oclc.org/pr/15012007.html Eric -- Eric Hellman, Director OCLC Openly Informatics Division [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2 Broad St., Suite 208 tel 1-973-509-7800 fax 1-734-468-6216 Bloomfield, NJ 07003 http://openly.oclc.org/1cate/ 1 Click Access To Everything
