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We tested it here and it seems to be working fine.  Our link resolver is
Ebsco's Linksource....

Jason


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> It is failing with any link resolver at all. It doesn't matter where the
> link is going to, the link does not work.
>
> The more 'hidden' link that's presented for certain records underneath the
> hit still works. But the right-column link is not working -- probably
> because of a javascript bug of some kind, I'd say. It's got nothing to do
> with what link resolver you use.
>
>
> On 7/17/13 12:39 PM, Ken Varnum wrote:
>
>> Is it failing only with 360 Link, or with SFX, too? (We're 360 Link here.)
>>
>>
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>> 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
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]**edu<[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<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
>>>>>
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