For those of you who are using Linksolver and have exported your holdings in XML
format for use with Google Scholar, did you include titles from DOAJ if you have
DOAJ as a target?

I'm asking because I'd like to use the Global Export feature in Linksolver to
create a Google-XML "holdings.xml" file (one of two files you need to create &
host on your server before Google will offer "branded" links to your library's
offerings).

If Google Scholar is going to offer articles from these OA resources anyway, am
I doing a disservice to my users if I temporarily deactivate my DOAJ target
before Global Export so that they rely on Google Scholar to provide the link
anyway? Users would still retrieve citations, but wouldn't see the link to my
library holdings under the citation, right?

Perhaps I'm not understanding how Google Scholar works with a library's
"institutional_links.xml" and institutional_holdings.xml" files... Please
correct me if I'm off-base...

I would be grateful to hear if you include DOAJ titles in your exported files
for use by GS, as well as any corrections to my basic understanding of how this
all works...

Thanks & have a nice weekend,
--SHAWN
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Shawn Steidinger, Systems Librarian
Treadwell Library
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Boston, MA 02114

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