Springer Nature is providing its customers with KBART Automation for knowledge bases and discovery services. KBART Automation is a highly beneficial service for libraries and research institutions, which helps to streamline their processes with minimum manual work involved. Springer Nature currently allows for KBART Automation of SpringerLink content to OCLC, Ex Libris' SFX and Alma. KBART Automation for Nature.com content is currently under development and will pave the way to a seamless one stop solution for Springer Nature automated holdings.
Libraries utilize discovery services to allow their users to easily search for and access licensed content. Typically, uploading and managing title lists is a manual process for librarians which is time consuming and may even lead to access inconsistencies between the discovery services they use and the publisher's content platform. Providing KBART Automation as an innovative service, Springer Nature is streamlining the customer experience of accessing content. Utilising the upcoming NISO KBART Automation Working Group Recommended Practices, Springer Nature is able to automatically send library specific holdings to the discovery services on a weekly basis.
After a one time set-up, librarians will benefit from these unique holdings feeds from Springer Nature which are automatically uploaded to the libraries' knowledge base and discovery service. The customer logs onto the Springer Admin Portal, copies and pastes their institutional token and sends it to their discovery service. The institution's licensed content will be automatically and correctly accessible for discovery. Librarians will no longer need to manually manage their lists and title-by-title exceptions for licensed Springer Nature content.
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