The ReShare OpenURL resolver

Introduction

This resolver is part of Project ReShare, a fully open, community-led initiative to develop an interoperable resource-sharing platform that any library can use irrespective of its choice of ILS. Note that it is in development and has a long way to go.

The resolver accepts OpenURL requests and converts them into ReShare requests which it pushes into an instance of mod-rs running within the FOLIO platform. Consequently, the outcome of making a request to it is not a link to an immediately available electronic copy of the nominated resource, but that an ILL request to a suitable library is initiated.

As a result, to the untrained eye, the pages that display on submitting an OpenURL are low on information. But to the eye that has brains, they are letting the user know that work is under way to supply the resource.

Note that the result pages, like this page, are deliberately spartan. Styling will come later in the project.

Sample URLs

Form for generation OpenURLs (obsolete)

The form is hardwired to link to http://openurl.indexdata.com/US-EAST. [Link]

Source code

In case you're interested, the code is on GitHub.

Configuration files for Google Scholar

The following files consitute a minimal configuration to enable this in-development OpenURL resolver to be used by Google Scholar, in accordance with the instructions. We have requested integration.