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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The beta release of Lexis-Nexis' new interface is now available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Emily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> LN Academic list
[mailto:ACADEMIC-LIST@LISTS.LNACADEMIC.COM] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Morrison,
Alistair (LNG-BET)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ACADEMIC-LIST@LISTS.LNACADEMIC.COM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ACADEMIC-LIST] LN Academic Beta Has Released<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Beta release of
improvements to LexisNexis Academic is now available. The interface is fully
functional, and you are free to use it in place of the current interface.
I encourage you to use the new interface and to promote it to your users.
Please report any problems that you find to me or the list. We are
not ready to evaluate the design and layout just yet. Our plan is to
solicit feedback and conduct user evaluations in October, and we’ll address
design issues then. The full release is planned for late December. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I have a few warnings about
using the Beta release: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> - The Beta application
uses an https (“s” on the end) address, which may cause problems we have not
anticipated. We do not know of any problems with user authentication, and
we have tested many scenarios. I mention this simply because it is a
significant change. Please report any authentication problems to me. It is
especially important that we know about these as early as possible to fix them
in time for the full release in December. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- Durable URLs will continue
to go to the old interface, which may be disconcerting for user of the Beta
interface. Links to particular search forms, sources, and documents that
appear in your source guides, catalog, electronic resources systems, the
LexisNexis wiki, and our Delicious tags will all still go to the old interface.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>- The same durable URLs are
also used in article linker and federated search services provided by 3<sup>rd</sup>-party
vendors. If you are accessing LexisNexis Academic through one of these
services, the links to full text will also go to the old interface. However,
this may not be very important in the typical user scenario because the durable
URL opens a full-text document and the user is likely to exit LexisNexis
Academic quickly after viewing the requested document rather than working with
the search forms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Because of these issues, you
may wish to list the Beta interface separately among your resources and
identify it as a Beta.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The URL for the Beta is: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/">https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Alistair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Alistair Morrison | Product
Manager, LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions<br>
LexisNexis, 7500 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 1300, Bethesda MD 20814<br>
Telephone: 301-951-4529 | Switchboard: 800-638-8380 | Fax: 301-652-1273<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:alistair.morrison@lexisnexis.com">alistair.morrison@lexisnexis.com</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://academic.lexisnexis.com">http://academic.lexisnexis.com</a> <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subscriber Wiki: <a
href="http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic">http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic</a><br>
Web Subscription Support: <a href="mailto:academicsupport@lexisnexis.com">academicsupport@lexisnexis.com</a><br>
Join Our ListServ: <a href="http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/listserv">http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/listserv</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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