[Eril-l] Using Callisto to test access to electronic resources

Thu Apr 16 08:34:08 PDT 2015

Thank you, Dominic. The JMLA article on Callisto pretty thoroughly answered my questions. Good posts on ZenMate, too, pointing out its flaws. TunnelBear might be the better option; although not as easy to use as ZenMate, it may be more stable (and certainly more private).

Thanks to everyone who responded to my questions. I feel I have a much better understanding of the issues/options. This list is a fabulous resource.

Best,
Linda

Linda Neyer, Associate Professor, MLS, MS
Health Science/Science Librarian | Database Coordinator
Chair, Library Faculty
Andruss Library 222
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
570-389-4801 | lneyer at bloomu.edu<mailto:lneyer at bloomu.edu> | http://library.bloomu.edu

From: Dominic Benson [mailto:Dominic.Benson at brunel.ac.uk]
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 3:36 AM
To: Neyer, Linda S; Larrison, Stephanie A; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: RE: [Eril-l] Using Callisto to test access to electronic resources

Linda,

There's a review of Callisto here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4188064/

ZenMate may be less useful since it can be blocked and there are privacy and identity concerns:
https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/9201/zenmate-a-free-privacy-protection-plugin-for-chrome/?nabe=6412130213429248:0

http://www.vpnranks.com/zenmate-downloading-instructions-dangers-alternatives/

Dom
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From: Eril-l [eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] on behalf of Neyer, Linda S [lneyer at bloomu.edu]
Sent: 15 April 2015 20:00
To: Larrison, Stephanie A; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Using Callisto to test access to electronic resources
Stephanie,
After mulling this over, I see the benefit of doing both. I've already begun using ZenMate, which is great, thanks to this wonderful list. I'm still interested in getting more info about Callisto, so if you or anyone else can help, I'd really appreciate it. Here are my questions:

1) How deep does Callisto go into a resources? That is, does it just check for access, but not (for example) if your link resolver is working?
2) If Callisto discovers a problem, how are you notified? Do you get a report immediately? Do you have control over this?
3) Any thoughts/comments on whether the free version can do the job or if the upgrade is the best way to go? Also, a ballpark figure on what a subscription costs would be nice.
4) Is this something others on campus might use (IT, learning management system staff, etc.) or is it really geared just for libraries?
Thanks so much,
Linda

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Larrison, Stephanie A
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 1:01 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Using Callisto to test access to electronic resources

Linda, are you looking for something that continually monitors access to vendor and publisher sites?  If so, Callisto is what you are looking for.  If you are looking for something to initially check access from offsite for new resources you are setting up access to, then the ZenMate, TunnelBear and other options suggested is the way to go.

Stephanie Larrison
Electronic Resources Librarian
Texas State University
larrison at txstate.edu<mailto:larrison at txstate.edu>

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Melissa Belvadi
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 9:26 AM
To: Neyer, Linda S
Cc: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Using Callisto to test access to electronic resources

I use the free ZenMate add-in to the Chrome browser.

Melissa Belvadi, UPEI

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Neyer, Linda S <lneyer at bloomu.edu<mailto:lneyer at bloomu.edu>> wrote:
We are looking for a better, cost-effective way to monitor access to our electronic resources, both on- and off-campus access. Right now we have a staff person checking our on-campus access, but off-campus access is only tested when problems arise, and we'd like a better system.

I searched through ERIL's archives and found 2 discussions of how people tested remote access in 2013 and 2010. The top ways seemed to be Tor, or a dial-up account, or a personal smartphone/mobile device. Tor and the personal smartphone options will not work for us; a dial-up account might work (but it would cost money, which is hard to sell right now). If someone has some other good, low cost/no cost option that a staff person could implement, please share.

A colleague at another institution mentioned Callisto (from Sharp Moon, MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "urldefense.proofpoint.com" claiming to be http://sharpmoon.com/callisto/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sharpmoon.com_callisto_&d=AwMFaQ&c=OrYO-caJHQE1g_AJU3az1awi55It-bjDIQrtRiZ6WBk&r=i_iy8sZOsTqlBAbOeQ9ZyuAFQXrl2AB5zVo-1etaq0M&m=fig7x21qIUxCKGt2aMKUDDBgpLyFi30dKim8ichJOwg&s=5otsNDMu5ewI0xj7WZ1fQ6OmQcQHpqsmbEvYlMOWOsc&e=>) but had not used it. Anyone on this list have any experience/thoughts about using it?

Many thanks,
Linda

Linda Neyer, Assoc. Prof., MLS, MS
Science/Health Sciences Librarian  |  Database Coordinator
Harvey A. Andruss Library  |  Bloomsburg University
ph. 570.389.4801<tel:570.389.4801>  |  lneyer at bloomu.edu<mailto:lneyer at bloomu.edu>

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