InC-Lib-Vendor

[Ann West <>]

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----- "David Kennedy" <> wrote:

> Subject: "Vendor A"'s Shibboleth implementation
> 
> Dear _______,
> 
> My name is David Kennedy. I am writing on behalf of the InCommon
> Federation's Library Working Group (our membership is listed below).
> Over the past two years, we have been piloting technology solutions
> for providing seamless access to licensed online resources. The
> technology solutions that we have been piloting are a hybrid approach
> with Shibboleth and EZproxy. Our goals are to promote common
> approaches to use of these technologies across libraries and
> information providers, document these practices to facilitate
> implementation, and ultimately provide seamless access to licensed
> resources to our user communities.
> 
> We have identified that there are some barriers to implementation.
> Namely, there are no clear technical implementation guidelines for
> vendors implementing Shibboleth. On the flip side, there are also no
> clear guidelines for institutions to integrate Shibboleth into their
> library environment. And there is no comprehensive list, in the US, of
> Shibboleth-enabled resources.
> 
> To this end, we are contacting resource providers, initially focusing
> on those vendors who have supported the Shibboleth cause. We are in
> the process of generating a registry of resources that support our
> approach, and would like to include you in that registry. The purpose
> of the registry is to promote those resources that are
> Shibboleth-enabled and to guide libraries that are implementing
> Shibboleth where to find information.
> 
> How can you help us?
> 1. We have attached a questionnaire to gather information for the
> registry. We ask that you please fill this out and send it back.
> 2. We have documented best practices for resource providers that are
> integrating Shibboleth into their services. The real crux of these
> best practices is the configuration of the Shibboleth
> SessionInitiator. We have gathered together an eager group of
> institutions, many of whom are already your customers. We are ready,
> willing and able to work with you to understand and implement these
> best practices, as well as act as testers for your implementations.
> Our names, and our institutions are listed below. Would you, or
> members of your staff, be willing to work with us to test your
> Shibboleth implementations?
> 
> Thank you for your consideration.
> 
> David Kennedy (Duke University)
> 
> Steven Carmody (Brown University, Internet2)
> 
> Adam Chandler (Cornell University)
> 
> Andy Ingham (University of North Carolina)
> 
> Kent Percival (University of Guelph, Canadian Access Federation)
> 
> Joy Veronneau (Cornell University)
> 
> Ann West (Internet2)
> 
> Dean Woodbeck (Internet2)
> 
> Jason Zavar (OCLC)
> 
> Foster Zhang (Johns Hopkins University)
> 
> Fred Zhang (Michigan State University)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> (Attached questionnaire)
> 
> [include basic questions here to gather information for registry]
> 
> -----
> David Kennedy
> Systems Programmer
> Perkins Library, Duke University
> (919) 613-6831
> 

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