{"id":299,"date":"2011-08-15T21:43:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T21:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2011-08-15T21:43:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T21:43:59","slug":"direct-links-to-usgs-publications-changing-by-september-1-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"Direct Links to USGS Publications Changing by September 1, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>\r\nThe U.S. Geological Survey's Publications Warehouse (pubs.usgs.gov) will\r\ncomplete a process to migrate all of its' on-line publications into Portable\r\nDocument Format (PDF) files by September1, 2011. At that time, the USGS will no\r\nlonger support the previous DJVU format for its on-line publications. Libraries\r\nand Web site managers shouldlink to the publications citation page for USGS\r\npublications. At sometime after September 1, 2011, direct links to DJVU files\r\nwill stop working and there will be no automatic redirect to the PDF version of\r\nthose materials.\r\n\r\nA direct link to a USGS DVJU file currently looks like:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.er.usgs.gov\/djvu\/B\/bull_1967.djvu\">http:\/\/pubs.er.usgs.gov\/djvu\/B\/bull_1967.djvu<\/a>\r\nOnce loaded in PDF, individual publications will have a link like this:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/bul\/1967\/report.pdf\">http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/bul\/1967\/report.pdf<\/a>\r\n\r\nHowever, the preferred link to this publication is:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.er.usgs.gov\/publication\/b1967\">http:\/\/pubs.er.usgs.gov\/publication\/b1967<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe citation link is the preferred link because it may include links to plates,\r\nmaps, appendices, etc. as well as links to the USGS Store to purchase paper\r\ncopies if they are available.  This migration has been sought by members of the\r\nresearch community for some time. The DJVU format offered many benefits at a\r\ntime when bandwidth was a challenge. The PDF format offers a consistent format\r\nfor both historical and current publications and it allows users to download and\r\nuse information from USGS publications in the same way that they use research\r\njournal articles and other scientific research products.\r\n\r\nOver 70% of all USGS-published reports are available in an on-line format from\r\nthe USGS Publications Warehouse. The system currently includes citations to over\r\n100,000 research articles, reports, and products produced by the USGS over the\r\nlast 130 years. The system also offers an RSS feed to keep users of earth and\r\nnatural science research informed about the products of the USGS.\r\n\r\nRichard Huffine, Director\r\nUSGS Libraries Program\r\n12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192\r\nTel 703-648-7182\r\nEmail: rhuffine@usgs.gov<\/pre>\n<pre>___________________________<\/pre>\n<pre>Submitted by Joe Wible, Hopkins Marine Station<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Geological Survey&#8217;s Publications Warehouse (pubs.usgs.gov) will complete a process to migrate all of its&#8217; on-line publications into Portable Document Format (PDF) files by September1, 2011. At that time, the USGS will no longer support the previous DJVU format for its on-line publications. Libraries and Web site managers shouldlink to the publications citation page [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}