[Eril-l] OpenAthens: Pros? Cons?

[Elizabeth Siler]

Can you give us an idea of what the resources are that don't work with
OpenAthens at all, and need EZProxy?

Thanks!

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On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Wisofsky, Tami <WisofskyT at uhv.edu> wrote:

> The access links provided by OpenAthens use their proxy to authenticate.
>
> No, we do not authenticate our EZ Proxy via OpenAthens. We continue to
> host our own separate EZ Proxy server for the titles we were not able to
> migrate to OpenAthens because the products cannot be authenticated with
> OpenAthens, even with their proxy.
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> T.
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> *From:* Harper, Cynthia <charper at vts.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 8, 2018 4:35 PM
> *To:* Wisofsky, Tami <WisofskyT at uhv.edu>; Hwang, Amy L <Amy.Hwang at enc.edu>;
> eril-l at lists.eril-l.org; COLLIB-L at lists.ala.org; acl at acl.org
> *Subject:* RE: OpenAthens: Pros? Cons?
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> Tami – do you mean that the proxy links that the 50% use re to a proxy
> hosted by OpenAthens?  Or do you authenticate your EZProxy via OA?
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> Cindy Harper
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> E-services and periodicals librarian
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> Virginia Theological Seminary
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> Bishop Payne Library, VTS Box 159
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> 3737 Seminary Road
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> Alexandria VA 22304
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> charper at vts.edu
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> 703-461-1794
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> *From:* Wisofsky, Tami <WisofskyT at uhv.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 08, 2018 4:45 PM
> *To:* Hwang, Amy L <Amy.Hwang at enc.edu>; eril-l at lists.eril-l.org;
> COLLIB-L at lists.ala.org; acl at acl.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Eril-l] OpenAthens: Pros? Cons?
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> Amy,
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> 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
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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?
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> Hello All,
>
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> 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.)
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> 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.
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> Any advice you have for me would be greatly appreciated!
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> Sincerely,
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> Amy Hwang
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> * Please excuse the cross-posting.*
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> 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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