The new definition of myilibrary for EZproxy

The definition of myilibrary for EZproxy should be changed as they use the new host lib.myilibrary.com. The new definition is as below:

Title -hide MyiLibrary
URL http://www.myilibrary.com/search/my_content.asp
DJ myilibrary.com
HJ myilibrary.com
HJ www.myilibrary.com
HJ lib.myilibrary.com

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How to determine patrons' IP addresses

The issue of authentication for MetaLib can be solved with JavaScript. The variable,"REMOTE_ADDR", can determine clients' IPs. On-campus access does not request authentication; off-campus access does (via EZProxy).

To use this variable, Java scripts need a Server Side Include (SSI) which gives the IP address. To make the web server check for SSI code in your page, you need to add the appropriate extension (for example, .shtml extension) in the web server, and map it to ASP (classic) engine.

Apache needs the include module either loaded or compiled in. Also, these options need to be specified in httpd.conf:
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
Options Includes

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Extra targets are persistently appearing in SFX menu

If journals that are not a part of the library subscriptions and deactivated in SFX always persistently appear in the SFX menu, they are actually pulled in from another consortial instance, which is configured to share targets with your instance. There's a way to turn of consortial sharing altogether.

The following file needs to be edited:
/exlibris/sfx_ver/sfx_version_3/[instance]/config/ctx_object.config

In section:

Section "consortium"
active "N"

EndSection

change Y to N

The change should take place immediately and you should no longer receive extraneous targets from another instance.

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Change the contact email for software error message

Whenever an error occurs in SFX, a message will pop up:
...
For help, please send mail to the webmaster (sfxsdb@sfxdev)
...

This email address is set by the ServerAdmin line in the httpd.conf file in an instance's config directory. You can edit the file and set the email address to what is appropriate for your institution.

The instance's apache server will need to be restarted for the change to take effect. This will cause a minor interruption in service (should be no more than a few seconds), so it is recommended that you restart apache server during off-peak usage times.

The text of the error message cannot be currently changed, only the email address.

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The SFX linking to ISI's Journal Citation Reports

The linking aims to check the ranking of a specific journal in JCR to determine a publication's impact factor in the global research community. The process is as follows:

1. Create a Local Target and Target Service: SDSU_JCR_LCL, and getCitedJournal.
2. Create a Target Parser, JCRSDSU.pm.
3. Configure Database Definitions in EZproxy Server for JCR by adding these lines to the configuration file config.txt:
   T Journal Citation Reports
   U http://links.isiglobalnet2.com
   D links.isiglobalnet2.com

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Activate Ulrich's target

Check Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory to see if the journal is scholarly or not.

The original target parser ULRICH.pm doesn't work with all ISSNs, especially for journals that experienced ISSN changes. This is an example, Chronicle [0195-5365]. Based on the original parser, Cari Roberts, Systems Librarian at University of Central Oklahoma created a new parser, ULRICHUCO.pm, which seemed to solve this problem.

This linking service to UlrichsWeb has been further developed by Steven Putt, Electronic Services Librarian at Calvin College. UlrichsWeb can be automatically queried and if an entry for that journal is found within UlrichsWeb the selected data from that database is automatically displayed in SFX menu. This is an example.

Please see this project conducted at Calvin College. To realize this function, there are 3 prerequisites:

• Perl installed on a local web server, with LWP::Simple and CGI Modules (These are pretty common modules, but if you run into problems later on, you are on your own for getting these installed).
• Access to a local web server
• Access to your SFX server

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OCLC OpenURL Gateway (2)

To use OCLC OpenURL Gateway, a library's OpenURL link resolver must be registered with OCLC OpenURL Gateway, and a patron needs to create a free account. Registration can be done via WorldCat Registry.

When testing the registered SFX with OCLC OpenURL Gateway, if the following software error occurs:
Can't call method "get_attributes" on an undefined value at /exlibris/sfx_ver/sfx_version_3/sfxsdb/lib/ContextObject/Engine.pm line 503.

This relates to a redirect that happens each time the SFX Menu loads. Since the OCLC URL already includes a question mark, the redirect does not work with two question marks and fails. Edit the config/authentication_gateway.config file and change Section "Authentication" as:
active "0"

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