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<p class="MsoNormal">We have been very happy with LibKey. Their linking is even better than Alma’s. It’s more accurate, and it’s very fast. With the LibKey Nomad add-on to browsers, you can have links appear in places like Google Scholar, Amazon, and the
reference pages for articles. What I like best about that is when you have someone searching from a publisher’s site without coming to the library’s webpage first, without LibKey Nomad, they’d get prompted to pay for an article. But with Nomad, a button
floats above the page that links them back to our Primo so the article can be requested if we don’t have it. (If we do have it, then LibKey would take the person to the paid-for PDF.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Implementing it was a breeze and their support is fantastic. They’re super responsive and helpful, and their whole team from the president down is very focused on the customer and user experience. We’ve had to report incorrect linking
just a handful of times in the course of a few years, and they were always resolved quickly.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The only thing I don’t like is that in the new EBSCO UI, the LibKey links display first, above the link to the PDF that’s in EBSCO already. So if you don’t know that the second link is direct to the PDF, then you loop through LibKey to
land on the PDF you could’ve gotten to if you’d used the other link. But LibKey is very fast so it’s not a super big deal. (This issue has been reported to both LibKey and EBSCO, but it’s on EBSCO’s end to solve.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tested an article with no DOI as found in EBSCO and I still got to the PDF with no issues. It routed me through 2 screens that were up for just a second so I know it ran the article through LibKey into EBSCO’s OpenURL handling, and then
landed on the PDF. It was very seamless, even though LibKey didn’t actually find the article by itself.
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<b>web:</b> www.uwgb.edu/library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 23, 2025 2:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list <eril-l@lists.eril-l.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] Limitations of Libkey open url solutions?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One great thing about LibKey Link is that if it can't make the user experience better it gets out of the way and will direct end users to your Alma OpenURL functionality. This is especially important when you don't have access (either
OA or subscription) and your users will need to make an ILL request. I am working my way thru updating our OpenURL info with a variety of platforms to our LibKey Link URL instead of our Alma URL. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Answers to some of your other questions can be found here: <a href="https://support.thirdiron.com/support/solutions/articles/72000570249-how-to-add-libkey-link-to-several-popular-databases">https://support.thirdiron.com/support/solutions/articles/72000570249-how-to-add-libkey-link-to-several-popular-databases</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Johanna L. Riordan</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (she/her)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Flynn, C.M.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 23, 2025 1:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list <<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Limitations of Libkey open url solutions?</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">I hope this message finds you well! We are currently evaluating LibKey’s OpenURL solutions for potential integration with our library systems and are seeking information regarding
any known limitations or challenges associated with its implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Any insights or first hand experiences you could provide on these points would be greatly appreciated as we assess the best solution for our users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Thanks for your assistance! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Flynn <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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