[Eril-l] OpenAthens: Pros? Cons?

[Melissa Belvadi]

This is a shock to me, because the sales reps absolutely assured us that
anything that ezproxy could proxy, the proxy function within OpenAthens
could also handle, so we should NOT need to maintain a separate ezproxy for
any resources.
Basically they told us that OpenAthens has the equivalent of ezproxy
built-in to handle all sites that aren't OpenAthens-native compatible. Now
you're telling us this isn't true.
Can you please tell us more about this?

Melissa Belvadi
Collections Librarian
University of Prince Edward Island
mbelvadi at upei.ca 902-566-0581
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On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Wisofsky, Tami <WisofskyT at uhv.edu> wrote:

> Amy,
>
> We moved to OpenAthens in December 2017. My main complaint is that
> approximately 50% of our resources authenticated using OpenAthens use proxy
> links; and there are a handful of products that OpenAthens authentication
> is not compatible with (APA Style Central, Kanopy, Books 24x, etc.). So, to
> be able to authenticate those products that do not work with OpenAthens we
> continue to maintain EZ Proxy in addition to OpenAthens. We host our own EZ
> Proxy, so the cost is not prohibitive for us.
>
> Tami Wisofsky
>
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> *Tami Wisofsky*
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> *Serials/Electronic Resources Librarian*
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> *Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library*
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> *2602 N. Ben Jordan*
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> *Victoria, Texas 77901*
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> *361-570-4195*
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> *wisofskyt at uhv.edu <wisofskyt at uhv.edu>*
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> *vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu <http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu>*
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Hwang,
> Amy L
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 8, 2018 10:14 AM
> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org; COLLIB-L at lists.ala.org; acl at acl.org
> *Subject:* [Eril-l] OpenAthens: Pros? Cons?
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I’m considering switching to OpenAthens for authentication rather than
> staying with EZproxy. Has anyone made that switch? I have a couple of
> reasons for thinking about switching. The version of EZproxy that my IT
> department currently hosts is no longer supported, and they don’t want to
> host an updated version of EZproxy. (I would be switching to hosted EZproxy
> instead.) It seems to me that although OpenAthens is more expensive, I
> wouldn’t have to involve IT as much, and I could get out-of-the-box
> statistics that lets me know who is logging in and to what resources. (It
> would make it easier to know what to cut if needed.)
>
>
>
> Most of the resources my library subscribes to are “big deal” collections
> rather than titles accessed from publisher websites. I’ve looked on some
> listservs and seen that some libraries use *both* EZproxy and OpenAthens,
> but I can’t afford to do that.
>
>
>
> Any advice you have for me would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Amy Hwang
>
>
>
> * Please excuse the cross-posting.*
>
>
>
> Amy L. Hwang, MLS | Director of Library Services | Nease Library, Eastern
> Nazarene College | 23 E. Elm Ave., Quincy, MA 02170 | 617-745-3854
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