OpenURL Server Recognition without Maintaining a Database and without Browser Extensions

Sue Dentinger, Network Services Librarian, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rose Smith, Software Developer, University of Wisconsin, Madison. The free WorldCat.org OpenURL registry has enabled the PrimateLit database to easily provide OpenURL access to any institution, without the staff-intensive task of maintaining IP address ranges and OpenURL server parameters, and without institutions having to pre-register. How we prompt off-campus patrons for affiliation, pre-selecting or changing the institution, and the problems encountered using the WorldCat OpenURL registry will all be covered.