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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Project MUSE Joins the OpenAthens Federation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Project MUSE is pleased to announce that it has joined the OpenAthens Federation, a secure cloud-based service that provides a fast and reliable connection to digital
content to libraries and their patrons around the world. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">OpenAthens provides federated single authentication to library resources from any country or sector and will help extend the reach of Project MUSE content to more library
customers globally. Also, with this new federated addition, Project MUSE and OpenAthens library customers will now benefit from a more seamless user experience when accessing content.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">Along with the many benefits that come with this new OpenAthens adoption, libraries can take advantage of using single authentication, which will reduce time on setup
for access to publisher resources and will also provide secure access to services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif">To learn more about OpenAthens federated single authentication, visit: <a href="https://www.openathens.net/blog/difference-between-ip-proxy-openathens-for-publishers/">https://www.openathens.net/blog/difference-between-ip-proxy-openathens-for-publishers/</a>
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