Access
in the case of books, journals, journal articles, end-user wants access to the most appropriate copy
need to join up discovery services with access/delivery services (local library OPAC, ingentaJournals, Amazon, etc.)
need localised view of available services
discovery service uses the OpenURL to pass metadata about the resource to an ‘OpenURL resolver’
the ‘OpenURL resolver’ provides pointers to the most appropriate copy of the resource, given:
- user and inst preferences, cost, access rights, location, etc.