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E-journal authentication behind the mask

This blog post is an attempt to elaborate on a problem with managing on/off campus access to electronic journals at the University of Lincoln. It’s a problem which confuses a lot of our users. I hinted...

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Authentication from E to Z

As part of our authentication review project (more about which soon), ICT services are helping us to set up and configure EZproxy as a supplementary/complementary system for providing access to...

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E-resource URL hacking for fun and profit: how to build direct, reliable...

I’ve got a bee in my bonnet about electronic resources which make it difficult or impossible to create reliable deep-ish links to a particular bit of the resource from Library websites (usually our...

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Ebook URLs: bodge upon bodge upon bodge

From the Oxford English Dictionary: † bodge, v. Etymology:  An altered form of botch v.1; compare grudge < grutch. Obs. or dial. 1. trans. To patch or mend clumsily. Chris Leach and I have had to...

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EZproxy crib sheet for Library staff

Recently Elif and I gave a workshop for our e-Library Services colleagues on EZproxy: what it is, how it works, and how we’re using it at Lincoln. Here are our workshop notes. EZproxy is e-resource...

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WAYFless than perfect: getting started with OpenAthens LA and the UK Access...

Our priorities for the move to OpenAthens LA are to (i) identify those e-resources where federated login is the only option for access (i.e. no IP authentication/EZproxy), (ii) create WAYFless login...

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