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----- Original Message -----
From: Sara Hopkins [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 01:12 PM
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] ScienceDirect following authentication changes
Hi Ale,
Unfortunately all the UK federation OpenAthens IdPs have fallen out of
the ScienceDirect discovery service; presumably that's one of the issues
you're working on?
Thanks,
Sara Hopkins
UK federation support team
On 03/12/2012 16:13, Vries, Ale de (ELS-NYC) wrote:
> Dear Mark, all -
>
> We're working to resolve these issues as we speak - e.g. we fixed a major problem with the Scopus institutional login page this morning in an emergency release. Elsevier staff will also be reaching out to individual libraries to resolve the issues that seem specific to their institute.
>
> On the issue of personalization:
> - Athens users at institutions that are in the OpenAthens federation, should still have access to their saved searches and never see the 'Activate Personalization' - the only change is that they have to log in through the OpenAthens federation. If, however, this is not the case let us ([log in to unmask]) and Eduserv know.
> - Athens users at institutions that are in the UK federation, will have to log in through the UK Federation. We have just sent personalized links to these users that will allow them to transfer their Athens profile to a profile associated with their UK Federation login - we had originally planned to send these messages early in the day but decided to wait until we had resolved the major issue mentioned before. We advise that Athens users who log into SD/Scopus through the UK Federation to NOT use "Activate Personalization" _before_ getting this message and clicking the link in it.
>
> Also see our FAQ on http://www.info.sciverse.com/news-events/releases/sciencedirect/2012/12/01/open-athens.
>
> Best - Ale
>
>
> Director, Platform Integration
> Elsevier
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information
>> Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark
>> Brown
>> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 10:56
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [lis-e-resources] ScienceDirect following authentication
>> changes
>>
>> Hi there
>>
>> If it helps antone, Eduserv also recommended to us this format (who use
>> old-styleAthensDA with Shib hosted by Eduserv), which works for us:
>>
>> https://auth.elsevier.com/ShibAuth/institutionLogin?entityID=[IdP ENTITY
>> ID]&appReturnURL=http://www.sciencedirect.com/
>>
>> though we may have lost some saved searches etc in the process, and user
>> has to go through "Activate Personalization" which (yes annoyingly I
>> agree) they had to before.
>>
>> It's a shame the student experience is never to the fore in these
>> things - given the amount of money we pay for such resources.
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Mark
>>
>> Mark Brown
>> Electronic Services Librarian
>> eLibrary Team
>> Library and Learning Resources
>> Birmingham City University
>> 0121 331 5291
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information
>> Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Taylor,
>> Sarah
>> Sent: 03 December 2012 11:35
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [lis-e-resources] ScienceDirect following authentication
>> changes
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Following the changes to authentication to ScienceDirect that took place
>> over the weekend we find ourselves completely unable to access
>> ScienceDirect off-campus, and it looks like we've been completely
>> excised from the Eduserv OpenAthens list as well as the UK Fed list. We
>> are using OpenAthens with the Athens to Shibboleth gateway, so it might
>> be that this is not affecting everyone, but is anyone else having
>> problems?
>>
>>
>>
>> I've sent a message to Elsevier but the auto-reply I got suggested that
>> they are having a large amount of messages to deal with and they may not
>> be able to get back to me in the usual timeframe, which of course
>> appears not to be detailed on the auto-reply...
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>>
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>>
>> Sarah Taylor
>>
>> Electronic Resources Librarian
>>
>> The Peter Marsh Library
>>
>> University of Bolton
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>> Deane Road
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>> Bolton
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>> BL3 5AB
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>> 01204 903099
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>> lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org UKSG groups also
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Support Team
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