What is a re-direct & when should it be used?
A (Susan Walker): WE THINK YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO CREATE SEPARATE PURLS FOR EACH TITLE. *** [Theoretical example to explain redirection] Say, for example that you have a group of serials that all begin http://www.biomedcentral.com/ …and that use an ISSN to distinguish the titles, e.g.: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750 etc. To create a partial PURL for “http://www.biomedcentral.com/” choose “create partial” and type the URL in the window under the displayed PURL: http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/212/ Then press “submit” and “confirm”. In the OCLC bib record, append the ISSN to the PURL, e.g.: http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/212/1471-2105 http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/212/1472-6750 etc.
