Many U.S. universities, including my own, use this method. We prefer not
to manage lists of passwords. We are using EZ Proxy, which does not
require the patrons to specially configure their browsers as some other
proxy servers do. That's the extent of my technical knowledge, but I hope
that helps.
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Subject: Re: Off-campus access (was ingenta and ScienceDirect)
Frank,
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Frank Norman wrote:
> Julie Hitchen said:
> >We also have a lot of confused users who can't understand why
> >they can access particular titles on-campus with their Athens
> >username but get asked for a credit card off-campus - those
> >pesky IP addresses again.
>
> Yes, this is becoming an issue here too. I've asked quite a few
> publishers (mostly learned societies who publish via Highwire)
> about the possibility of having password-controlled access to cater
> for off-campus use. They have all replied that they cannot provide
> this but that I should setup a password-controlled proxy server to
> facilitate off-campus use.
>
> Have other sites gone down this route?
We are investigating this route. My own preference is for a setup where we
(the University) do all our own authentication of external users and then
onward link them to the required resource. This would remove the need for
distributing any other ids and passwords including Athens. This means we
will need to take full responsibility for authentication but in exchange
we will have full control.
Regards,
John Smith,
The Templeman Library,
University of Kent at Canterbury.
Lauren Corbett
Serials Services Librarian
Perry Library
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529-0256
Ph: (757) 683-4144
Fax: (757) 683-5954
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