OpenAthens LA 2.0 implementation Matt Durant. Outline Bath Spa University Why single sign-on?...

OpenAthens LA 2.0 implementation

Matt Durant

Outline

• Bath Spa University• Why single sign-on?

– Improving the user experience

• The project / decision making• Installation• Live demo of 2.1• Questions

Bath Spa University

• Approx 7,500 full time students• Additional students from

partner colleges• OpenAthens / IP authentication

to resources• 59 Electronic resources

(databases/ e-journal access)• Small Library team

Why change?

• Staff / Student drive for standardised access to University services.

• Remove the amount of time spent administering Athens accounts, permission sets etc.

• Increase the usage of our electronic services.

‘OpenAthens MD’

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Electronic Resources “Athens?”

Has to set-up an account & remember details

Can’t understand why other services won’t work

Will not use our resources if log-in forgotten

Set-up self-reg accounts

Maintain the database of students

Manage permissions

If Athens fails, our resources do too!

Central Bath, UK

Single sign-on

Academic search premier

ScienceDirect

JSTOR

Education Image Gallery

Education Image Gallery

GEOBASE

Electronic Resources

Active directory database

OpenAthens LA 2.0

Students only have to remember their Bath Spa username/ password

Administration is taken out of our hands – students have an account the moment they register

If the system fails we contact the IT dept to fix it! Centralised.

Inevitable increase of electronic resources usage

Library WebPages

Attributes

Project Shibboleth

• Set-up February 2009• Discussing the possible

transition from OpenAthens to Shibboleth

• However…– February 2009: title changed to

‘single sign-on’ after Eduserv workshop

Decision making• Computing not comfortable with

‘open source’ software• Shibboleth – research & a lot of

project time• Eduserv - support & product updates• LA 2.0 – easy interface for

configuration• No additional cost to our

subscription.• Statistics in 2.1

Installation• Quick install (one afternoon)• Server team applies updates• Virtualised Red Hat servers for run time

console & admin console• Registered with Federation• Problems:

– What shall we name our installation?– Forgot to set-up NTP– Attribute authority

Questions?

• m.durant@bathspa.ac.uk• 01225 875477• Twitter: @durtante