Hi,
We have libkey – not as a bookmarklet or browser extension though, it's embedded on our website. We also have browzine. Uptake for us has been good, but I think it is mostly because we don't have a catalog that can search on the article level, only journals and ebooks. So this is a way to compensate for that.
Lena
Lena Bohman
Senior Data Management and Research Impact Librarian
Long Island Jewish - Forest Hills Liaison
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
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I can't say much about adoption or usage, but we have deployed LibKey Nomad.
If you know Group Policy, deployment is pretty simple. It took me about 60-90 minutes total last August to set up and deploy it with our library pre-defined for Firefox, Chrome and Edge on all the (Windows) library-managed computers. We had no issues whatsoever.
We got buy-in from the Provost and agreement from the CIO to push it to the rest of the University (Windows computers), and we've been waiting for ITS to finish ever since. It started as "this is a project" so it was delayed by other projects, then it was "we are studying the process", then the person with the ball retired and everybody promptly forgot. I've recently insisted that they get it done by fall semester. I should add that they could literally "copy" the GPO and be done in a couple minutes. Aargh!
Erich
On Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 15:40, Margaret Alexander eloquently inscribed:
> We've been thinking about adding LibKey, and would also like to learn from
> everyone's experiences.
> Thanks!
> Margaret
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> -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries
> <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Hiva Kadivar Sent: Thursday, June
> 27, 2024 12:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CODE4LIB]
> Library browser extensions
>
> We have been exploring the possibility of implementing a custom browser
> extension at NC State University Libraries but we're unsure about how much
> uptake it will get. We are working on an environmental scan of similar
> browser extensions and their usage. If you have implemented any of the
> below browser extensions at your library, we are interested in hearing from
> you about their adoption, any marketing success and usage anecdotes you're
> willing to share with us:
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> - LibKey Nomad
> - LeanLibrary
> - EZProxy Bookmarklet
> - Library Extension
> - GetFTR Plugin
> - EndNote Click (formerly Kopernio)
> - Google Scholar Button
> Thanks,
> Hiva
>
> *Hiva Kadivar*
> NC State University Libraries Fellow
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