[LIBRARYDIR] Is anyone else angry about this????

[Bates, Aryana]

Does this merit a strongly worded letter to Ex Libris?  Although it seems the decision has already been made, it appears the timeline was at least delayed as a result of "pushback by the customer base".  Not sure what else to do though.


Aryana Bates, MLS, PhD

Dean of the Library, eLearning, TLC

North Seattle College

aryana.bates at seattlecolleges.edu

206.934.3612


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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] Is anyone else angry about this????

I am just a bit furious about this upcoming change. We just got it worked out that our students log into Primo/Alma and our databases with one set of credentials! And what if you don’t use social media?


1.       The eventual removal of passwords on internal accounts in Alma

As we also discussed, Ex Libris has been making plans to drop support for passwords on internal accounts in Alma.

This will mean that, eventually, community users won’t be able to log into Primo with internal accounts (for libraries that offer such service). Ex Libris has instead implemented support for social login using Facebook or Google accounts. Using Social Login, community users can log into Primo with their Facebook or Google credentials.

Ex Libris was originally looking to make this change by the middle of this year. But because of pushback by the customer base, the change has been delayed until some time in 2018. No more specific timeframe has yet been announced.

Here is a link to a brief report on the issue, as developed by the ELUNA working group leading the customer discussion with Ex Libris:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VskMr1I9FdsJ:documents.el-una.org/1441/1/AuthenticationFocusGroupReport_brief.docx+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us



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