Facelift for CUP online journals

Cambridge University Press (CUP) has updated its journal hosting platform. Extra features include Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Atom feeds for new content published by each journal, article citation downloads and Athens authentication access. The site will also allow metadata harvesting.

There is an improved interface for organisation administrators and a new layer of administration tools for consortium administrators, allowing them to monitor usage, correct and amend IPs and display consortium messages and logos. The system is written in Java and runs on the open source JBOSS J2EE server.

Chris Fell, online development manager at Cambridge Journals Online , said the journal hosting platform was developed to meet the needs of information professional users: “We incorporated the suggestions we received from our users and customers since the previous version was made live. We also consulted our journal editors, an international library advisory panel which helps CUP offer a journals publishing service that meets their needs, and senior figures from research libraries and consortia, many of whom are impressively expert in technology for the academic market.”

Lucene, the open source search engine, powers the site search. Fell said: “We reviewed the search indexes and weighting for this release and will continue to monitor the search performance. We have added the ability to search by digital object identifiers (DOI) to its advanced features.

“We have also built a new administration interface to improve our customer service team’s ability to respond to queries and manage individuals, organisations and consortia accounts. In particular, the identification and management of overlapping IP addresses is much easier.”