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but other than that, we haven’t had that many issues arise consistently. I’m not sure if my memory is failing me but in general I haven’t gotten regular complaints from patrons about a disruption or an inability to log in through OpenAthens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 7, 2023 2:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list <eril-l@lists.eril-l.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] Open Athens disruptions--common issue?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">I would be interested to know if these were temporary disruptions or a period of time over days. We do not currently have Open Athens but investigating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 10:31 AM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We migrated to Open Athens earlier this year and have experienced a number of disruptions in the last six months. I'm curious to hear from other libraries who use Open Athens if this is a regular occurrence. We mentioned this to our EBSCO
rep and hoping to hear back soon. <o:p></o:p></p>
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