stuart yeates wrote: >> GPO knows that many institutions have automated URL checkers > > that run against the PURL server. Please be aware that the >> PURL restoration process is severely slowed by checkers repeatedly >> hitting the PURL server. > > Presumably if there are any parties running automated tools which > neglect to check robots.txt those institutions are going to be named and > shamed and/or permanently filtered? Any "out-of-the-box" installation of Innovative's Millennium that includes "URL Verify" is set automatically to check all 856 links on the first of the month. Chris -- Christopher King Public Services Librarian Appalachian School of Law Library 1221 Edgewater Drive Grundy VA 24614 (276) 935-6688 x1314 [log in to unmask]