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Is it failing only with 360 Link, or with SFX, too? (We're 360 Link here.) -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor [log in to unmask] | @varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Braun Hamilton, Michael R < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I just got word that Serials Solutions is "advocating with Google to > resolve it" whatever that means. Maybe they have an actual contact there. > > -Michael > __ > > Michael Braun Hamilton > Public Services Librarian > Hartness Library Community College of Vermont > (802) 828-0125 > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Andreas Orphanides > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:31 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] google scholar link resolver links broken?! > > Maybe they've got the same plans for Google Scholar as they did for Reader > and other much-adored Google products: to slowly crapify it until it > becomes nearly useless, then retire it on short notice. > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Sarah Lester <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Hi Jonathan, > > I found a place for feedback, but I don't know if that will get to the > > right folks at Google. Try: > > https://support.google.com/scholar/contact/general > > > > I just tried the using the FindIt@ links and they don't work for me > > either. Click and nothing happens. I also had to re-ad my library to > > the choices for the link resolver but they still don't work. > > > > Sarah > > > > On Jul 17, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > > > > Google Scholar has a feature where it will provide links to your > > > local > > institutional OpenURL link resolver -- by user preference or IP > > address recognition. > > > > > > It will then present these links sometimes in a right column in > > > Google > > Scholar results, other times in the row of links under each hit. > > > > > > The hyperlinks in the right column seem to be broken in current > > > Google > > interface. Clicking on them has no effect. It seems like some kind of > > javascript failure, although no javascript errors are raised in console. > > > > > > If you "open in new tab" or "open in new window", thus skipping the > > Google javascript -- it does work. > > > > > > Many of our users use Google Scholar and count on link resolver > > > links > > working. This is awfully inconvenient. > > > > > > Anyone have any idea of any ways to report this to Google in such a > > > way > > that they might actually care? Anyone got any internal contacts? > > > > > > Jonathan > > > Privacy & Confidentiality Notice: This message is for the designated > recipient only and may contain privileged, confidential or otherwise > private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the > sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of an email > received in error is prohibited. >