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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi all,<br>
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Just to clarify my question here, at Cal Poly we don't have ad
blockers installed on our library computers. However, we expect
that a very high percentage of our users DO use ad blocking
software on their personal devices. We have also had at least one
faculty member report site elements from Science (another Highwire
site) being automatically blocked by Safari. Which comes back to
my original question ... is anyone
noticing/troubleshooting/effectively dealing with the issue of
Highwire's new site elements being blocked by AdBlockPlus, Safari,
etc.? If our users were having problems with this, would we know
or recognize it? The problem is often hard to detect--perhaps our
users just go on to another article or send a generic broken link
report.<br>
<br>
Highwire usage stats may be interesting next year--I don't know if
our usage is high or consistent enough to reflect dips from the
blocking problem though I am expecting some usage inflation on
certain titles from the landing page problem.<br>
<br>
Nikki<br>
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<b>Nikki DeMoville</b>
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Electronic Resources Coordinator
<br>
Robert E. Kennedy Library
<br>
California Polytechnic State University
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San Luis Obispo, California
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<br>
Direct 805-756-5780
<br>
Fax 805-756-7711
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ndemovil@calpoly.edu">ndemovil@calpoly.edu</a>
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On 10/4/2016 1:45 PM, Nikki DeMoville wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I curious about what folks on here think of the new version of
Highwire Press that some journals are rolling out. I've seen two
major issues crop up recently:<br>
<br>
1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America PNAS:<br>
From the abstract screen (where our link resolver drops users,
naturally), AdBlockPlus blocks the tabs that display access to the
full text, PDF, etc., rendering the site essentially unusable; the
blocking is so seamless that it isn't even possible to tell where
the tabs should have been. Unfortunately, Highwire is actually
using the PNAS site as an example for their new features (<a
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href="http://highwire.stanford.edu/publishers/h2o.dtl">http://highwire.stanford.edu/publishers/h2o.dtl</a>).<br>
<br>
I've encountered issues with AdBlockPlus blocking important
elements in databases (e.g. Engineering Village/Compendex), where
I can at least put a notice in the A-Z list entry, but having to
put notices on individual journal titles is an entirely new level
of micromanagement. Assuming our users are not about to abandon
ad blockers, how are other libraries dealing with this issue?<br>
<br>
<br>
2. Journal of Cell Biology and other Rockefeller University Press
journals<br>
RUP's new journal site drops users directly into the HTML full
text article from the TOC, from our link resolver, and from the
DOI. There is no agnostic "abstract" landing page from which a
user can evaluate whether they really want the article and choose
the appropriate format. This will have the effect of dramatically
inflating usage (every view will be counted even if the user
doesn't go beyond the abstract, and every PDF use will be a
duplicate count). It had seemed for the last few years as though
publishers were getting away from these usage-inflating designs,
so I'm sorry to see this issue come back on a new platform.<br>
<br>
It seems like Highwire has gone all-in on features and branding
for publishers, with less emphasis on the needs of their library
users. Perhaps this is something to do with their acquisition by
a private equity firm in 2014. Anyway, it seems like people have
been quiet about these changes, which are subtle but problematic.
Thoughts? Opinions?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
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<b>Nikki DeMoville</b> <br>
Electronic Resources Coordinator <br>
Robert E. Kennedy Library <br>
California Polytechnic State University <br>
San Luis Obispo, California <br>
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Direct 805-756-5780 <br>
Fax 805-756-7711 <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
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