Defining Use Cases for Federating Library Services

[Lynn Garrison <>]

On Nov 6, 2009, at 3:01 PM,  wrote:

> At 2:27 PM -0500 11/6/09, LLG5 wrote:
> > 	I am not a librarian but I can describe how this process works at  
> > Penn State with SFX.  Penn State uses both SFX (Open URL Resolver)  
> > and MetaLib (Federated Search and gateway to Vendor  
> > resources).      Our patrons generally access the abstracts via  
> > Metalib or SFX.  Off campus users are automatically directed  
> > through the EZproxy server to access the abstract site from these  
> > products. (Both Metalib and SFX are Ezproxy aware).    At the  
> > abstract site, there is a SFX button which leads the patron to SFX  
> > server at Penn State; this URL doesn't have to be Ezproxy aware  
> > because SFX is. This all hinges on the IP addresses being  
> > registered with the Vendor and configured correctly in Metalib and  
> > SFX.
>
> thanks very much!
>
> quick question about the last sentence -- "This all hinges on the IP  
> addresses being registered with the Vendor" -- the Vendor is the  
> abstracts site ?


 Yes - Vendor is abstracts site.