InCommon Library Services

[Laura Wrubel <>]

Hi everyone,

Sorry I missed last week's call-- I was at the Electronic Resources & 
Libraries conference in Atlanta. It's not a very technical conference 
and there wasn't much talk about authentication this time, but if we're 
still doing this next year, it might be worth shaping something of 
interest to E-Resources Librarians.  

Here are UM's responses about our Shib projectset-up.

1. Shib-enabled electronic resources:
Pilot with EBSCOhost

2. Proxy server/remote access software used:
EZProxy

3. Link resolver software used:
SFX

4. Shib-enabled library services enabled:
Services using Ex Libris' PDS (Aleph and MetaLib), ILLiad, EZProxy.  
These are all in production.

A. Is this pilot configuration being used by patrons (in a production or 
real-world beta capacity)?
Pilot with EBSCOhost not in production

B. What are your main unresolved issues with this configuration?
Does not yet get us out of the business of configuring IP addresses with 
vendors.

C. What additional Shibboleth functionality could make this better?
The ability for Shibboleth to be configurable by user levels per Service 
Provider. For instance, one SP allows guest login and another SP 
requires an actual user account.  Also, the ability for the IdP to be 
able to prompt for login for the SPs.

Laura

Eggleston, Holly wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> I'm currently wrapping up a long-standing project, so my apologies for
> the delay in following up on Steve's mail. That said, I'm excited to
> take an active facilitation role in helping to move this project forward.
>
> Given the "next steps" that Steve enumerated in his mail, the operative 
> question seems to be are we ready to recommend best practices, and if not, what 
> remaining issues need resolution?
>
> I'd like to use this as the primary discussion topic for tomorrow's phone 
> meeting. To get the ball rolling, I'd appreciate it if folks could reply back 
> to the list with a brief response to the following questions:
>
> Campus pilot configuration information(if a subset of functionality isn't 
> active, put (none)
>   1. Shib-enabled electronic resources:
>   2. Proxy server/remote access software used:
>   3. Link resolver softwareused:
>   4. Shib-enabled library services enabled:
>
> A. Is this pilot configuration being used by patrons (in a production or 
> real-world beta capacity)?
> B. What are your main unresolved issues with this configuration?
> C. What additional Shibboleth functionality could make this better?
> D. What supplementary solutions could make this better?
> E. If you are using a different configuration for production, what are the 
> outstanding issues with your current production system and do you think that 
> shibboleth and the hybrid environment solution(s) proposed so far could 
> resolve these issues?
> F. Other comments/questions
>
> I'll send an agenda with discussion questions and connection information 
> later this afternoon.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Holly
>
>
> Holly Eggleston
> Assistant Department Head, Acquisitions
> UCSD Libraries
> 858.534.9668
> 858.534.1256 (fax)
>  (personal)
>  (licensing and electronic resources)
>
>
>