Information for Librarians

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How to register your resolver

You can register your resolver here. When you submit the configuration details to openurl.ac.uk, they will be checked and entered into the database.

Any UK institution involved in tertiary education or research can register a resolver. An "institution" in this context refers to a group of users who share the use of an OpenURL Resolver, and can be identified by UK federation scope and/or a shared IP address or range. In some circumstances this could be a subset of a University or research body, and it does not need to correspond to a UK federation "scope".

Configuration information required

Resolver URL

The base URL for OpenURL requests that are directed to your resolver.

Button image URL

Optional. The URL of the button or icon image that you would prefer to be used for OpenURL links.

Button alt text

Optional. The "alt" text you would prefer to be used with the button image. This is important for accessibility.

UK federation scope

The UK federation scope that identifies your institution, e.g. bath.ac.uk is identified as University of Bath.
Note that although this resembles an internet domain, it is strictly speaking distinct from an institution's domain. However, for many institutions the UK federation scope happens to be the same as one of its internet domains.

IP address or range

This should be the IP address or range associated exclusively with your institution.

A wildcard * or missing value matches a whole subnet:

1 . 2 . 3 . *

1 . 2 . 3

Hyphenated values can specify a range, and lists of comma separated values can be used:

1 . 2 . 3 . 4-8

1 . 2 . 3-5

1 . 2 . 3 . 4,5,6

1 . 2 . 3,4,5 . 0-128

Minimum acceptable precision:

1 . 2 

Multiple values can be provided.

Domain name

This should be the domain name associated exclusively with your institution.
Multiple values can be provided.

Institution name

This allows the OpenURL resolver to be identified (for human readers)

Administrator name

Administrator email

Your name and email address will be used to resolve queries connected with this configuration and to alert you when necessary about any changes to the service. The Router service will not be make these details available to a third party.