[Eril-l] Alum access to JSTOR - how are you setting up authentication? how are you getting usage statistics for alums?

[Benjamin Jahre]

Hi James,

We have the distinct URL option set up in the way you mentioned at the end of your email: http://jstor.lafayette.edu/ <http://jstor.lafayette.edu/> , as opposed to our EZproxied URL for jstor.org <http://jstor.org/>. This referring URL is set up through Shibboleth, instead of EZproxy, and can only be accessed by alumni accounts — if you try to use a student/fac/staff account, you get a message directing you to the proxied URL.

On the admin side, the first heading under the Usage Reports section is Choose Account, and we have options for “Lafayette College” and “Lafayette College Alumni Access”. 

Happy to discuss this in a bit more detail off-list, if you’d like!

Be well,
Ben

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Ben Jahre
Head of Electronic Resources
124 Skillman Library
Lafayette College
610-330-5631

> On Feb 21, 2019, at 8:19 AM, Sibley, Jean J <bjsibley at wm.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi James, We have a dedicated web page “Alumni Access to Library Resources” – as part of our A-Z list:https://libraries.wm.edu/databases/alumni <https://libraries.wm.edu/databases/alumni>
>  
> The JSTOR for Alumni goes through the alumni portal, not the library. Alumni have their own login to this; and the statistics are monitored by the Alumni Association.
>  
> Good luck! – Jean
>  
> Jean Sibley
> Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian
> William & Mary Libraries
> 757-221-3103
>  
> From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> On Behalf Of James C. Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:11 PM
> To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> Subject: [Eril-l] Alum access to JSTOR - how are you setting up authentication? how are you getting usage statistics for alums?
>  
> Hi All,
>  
> We use OCLC's EZ-Proxy. I ran statistics for JSTOR and saw that it's now combining all the usage stats for our regular account (students/staff/faculty) with alums. 
>  
> And there are zero usage data for alums. I brought this up with a JSTOR rep and he gave me options for alums to connect to JSTOR, but I didn't like any of them. He mentioned using a different referring URL for alums. 
>  
> How have you set up JSTOR for alum access? Thanks for listening/sharing. 
>  
> Best,
> James 
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