Hello there,
I wonder if anyone can offer some quick advice regarding the OpenAthens links. We are currently entering these links in our system and are not really happy with the results. We think we have a workaround but I wanted to see if anyone else was doing something better.
We are entering these links into our metasearch portal which is shibbolized so users don't need to enter their institutional login again after logging into the service. However, when you click on an OpenAthens resource (eg Oxford Music Online), you get the Athens organisation link page come up where users have to click on the 'Go to University of Birmingham login' prompt. The link that we have been using is this:
https://auth.athensams.net/setsite.php?id=https://idp.bham.ac.uk/shibboleth&ath_dspid=ATHENS.MY&ath_returl=http3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfordmusiconline.com <https://auth.athensams.net/setsite.php?id=https://idp.bham.ac.uk/shibboleth&ath_dspid=ATHENS.MY&ath_returl=http3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfordmusiconline.com >
Then, after clicking on the link, the user is directed to the resource homepage where they have to click the Athens link again which then enters them into the resource.
However, if you add in:
&originProfile=4&doLogin=1
to get this:
https://auth.athensams.net/setsite.php?id=https://idp.bham.ac.uk/shibboleth&ath_dspid=ATHENS.MY&originProfile=4&doLogin=1&ath_returl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfordmusiconline.com <https://auth.athensams.net/setsite.php?id=https://idp.bham.ac.uk/shibboleth&ath_dspid=ATHENS.MY&originProfile=4&doLogin=1&ath_returl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfordmusiconline.com >
you bypass the Athens organisation prompt and go straight to the resource homepage. You still have to click on the Athens link but it is better.
Is there anything else that we could be doing or is this as good as it gets?? It is not ideal that users then have to know to click on the Athens link on the resource homepage but it doesn't happen all the time and I guess we just have to document it.
Thanks very much in advance for any advice.
Best Wishes
Sarah
Sarah Pearson
E-Resources & Serials Coordinator
Library Services
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
tel: 0121 414 5825
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