Landing pages also allow vendors to provide a consistent experience between
users who have access to the item itself and users who don't. Whether that
urge for consistency is warranted in any given case is a separate question,
of course.

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 3:25 PM Sarah Swanz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Similarly, CrossRef requires that DOIs link to landing pages and not the
> content file directly.
> This is their rationale:
> https://www.crossref.org/documentation/member-setup/creating-a-landing-page/
>
> Sarah Swanz
> School of Information, MSc ’18
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
> On Feb 15, 2024 at 2:08 PM -0600, Eric Lease Morgan <
> [log in to unmask]>, wrote:
> > Why do we -- librarians -- point people to splash/landing pages instead
> of the actual content?
> >
> > We digitize stuff. We describe it. We put it on the Web. And then we
> point people to the descriptions instead of the real things. I understand
> the need/desire to make people aware of the metadata, but the metadata does
> not really give a link to the real thing. Instead, I must look over a
> splash/landing page, identify the download link, and click. Such is fine
> for a single one-off item, but when there are dozens (if not hundreds) of
> desirable items, then I am inhibited from click/save, click/save,
> click/save, etc.
> >
> > --
> > Eric Morgan <[log in to unmask]>
>