Tools for Reducing and Managing Link Rot in LibGuides

Wilhelmina Randtke; Matthew D. Burrell

Tools for Reducing and Managing Link Rot in LibGuides

Wilhelmina Randtke, Matthew D. Burrell

Technologies & Systems

Florida State University

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Abstract

While creating content in LibGuides in quite easy, link maintenance is troublesome, and the built-in link checker offers only a partial solution. The authors describe a method of using PURLs and a third-party link checker to effectively manage links within LibGuides.

Original language	American English
Journal	Code4Lib Journal
State	Published - Jun 1 2012

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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Library and Information Science

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