[Eril-l] Cambridge adopted the same bad platform as Taylor & Francis?

Tue Sep 20 08:52:39 PDT 2016

Certainly there is a range of opinions, but the distribution not even. Would Cambridge mind us conducting a poll on the topic?

Athena

Athena Hoeppner
UCF Libraries
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From: Tristan C Collier [tcollier at cambridge.org]
Received: Tuesday, 20 Sep 2016, 11:29AM
To: eril-l [eril-l at lists.eril-l.org]
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Cambridge adopted the same bad platform as Taylor & Francis?

Hi Heather and Stephen,

Thanks for your questions on this point.

Cambridge Core doesn’t allow that box to be checked by default currently. Globally there are a range of views from libraries about that option, so to balance our solution for as many libraries as possible, we’ve left it unchecked but made it very prominent on our homepage.

Of course, you are welcome to feed in that you don’t agree with this solution (as you are doing) and we will continue to assess the feedback.  I hope this seems fair.

Best wishes
Tristan

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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Heather Shipman
Sent: 20 September 2016 15:48
To: Stephen Francoeur <stephen.francoeur at gmail.com>; Pennington, Buddy D. <penningtonb at umkc.edu>; Steve Oberg <steve.oberg at wheaton.edu>; eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Cambridge adopted the same bad platform as Taylor & Francis?

We’re getting questions about that from patrons, too. I don’t see a setting for it in the admin console, nor any mentions of the function in the FAQ.

Looks like Tech Support contact info is here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/contact . I suspect their speed on fixing it will be proportional to how many of us ticket it.

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Heather Shipman
E-resources Acquisition Specialist
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Francoeur
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:14 PM
To: Pennington, Buddy D.; Steve Oberg; eril-l
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Cambridge adopted the same bad platform as Taylor & Francis?

Does anyone know if we can set the "Only search content I have access to" checkbox so that by default it is checked? I'd prefer to limit people to the content we actually have access to and then let them change that if they want to expand the scope of their search.

Stephen Francoeur
User Experience Librarian
Baruch College
New York, NY

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 3:58 PM Pennington, Buddy D. <penningtonb at umkc.edu<mailto:penningtonb at umkc.edu>> wrote:
I agree. I think we are seeing the beginnings of a shift from a binary world of desktops vs mobile, to a spectrum of screens, and providers want to both simplify design and maintenance of their platform and provide a consistent look across that spectrum.

Buddy Pennington
Director of Collections and Access Management
University of Missouri--Kansas City
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>] On Behalf Of Steve Oberg
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 2:51 PM

To: eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>>
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Cambridge adopted the same bad platform as Taylor & Francis?

I’m not proposing or in favor of “dumbing down” or “least common denominator”. The fact remains that in the information technology realm, there are now (or soon will be) more people accessing content of whatever kind via a mobile device than a desktop or laptop computer. Content providers should respond to that if they want to remain relevant and useful.

Designing and maintaining a platform that supports multiple screen sizes and especially, multiple and sometimes very different use cases, is pretty difficult and expensive. I’m not arguing that content providers/publishers shouldn’t bother addressing various needs, or be given a pass. Instead, I’m simply reminding of the reality of what they face, and a broader trend that I think they might be paying attention to.

Hopefully they are “listening” and this type of discussion will be beneficial for them in shaping or reshaping their platforms.

Steve

Steve Oberg
Assistant Professor of Library Science
Electronic Resources and Serials
Wheaton College (IL)
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