[LIBRARYDIR] single sign-on

Tue Oct 24 12:57:28 PDT 2023

Very helpful to see this conversation.

The Seattle Colleges has 4 OCLC-hosted EZproxy instances – one for each college plus one for links in Alma accessible across the district. It gets me every time we pay that bill…just to make it possible for students to have access to stuff we paid for.

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Hello all,

One thing to consider in using only OKTA for database access is that there is no IP authentication option as there is with authentication services designed for library resources. Walk-in users will no longer be able to access subscription content without going through OKTA. Niche resources that only use IP authentication (decreasing by the year) will only be accessible on campus, of through VPN.

I have heard that there is a way for IT to add specific machines to an IP exemption within OKTA (for walk-in use), but I'm not sure how that would go over with the current security environment.

All of the Alma/Primo libraries do currently have EZ Proxy, but some are self-hosted and others are OCLC-hosted.

Happy to discuss implications of this further if anyone has questions.

Carleigh

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Hi Pearl~

       We continued to use EZProxy after the move to OKTA but I am going to pitch the idea of moving to OKTA with IT next year.

All my best,
Jacquelyn

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Hi all,

CPTC is in the process of getting our Okta single-sign-on configured for database access.

If you have the time, would you please let me know if:

  1.  you use Okta single-sign-on for your databases/e-resource access

     *   if so, what was the process like for you and/or your IT department (e.g. straightforward, time-consuming, etc.)

  1.  Or, if you use something else (i.e., EZproxy, OpenAthens, etc.)
Thank you,
Pearl

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