The EBSCO train is running on time as usual, with all six wagons coming together to help librarians and their users.

Many librarians have visited the EBSCO station to get a ticket to solve their library challenges.

Younghoon is struggling with authentication at his library. His current proxy authentication solution experiences delays when accessing the library’s resources. In addition, it’s not possible to check how much of the electronic resources are being used to better serve his library users.

With ticket in hand…he hops aboard the OpenAthens wagon to find an answer to his library’s issue!

OpenAthens is a 100% cloud-based single sign-on solution so even with a high volume of users, access is not delayed. In addition, he can view detailed usage statistics through the Reporting module provided by OpenAthens. It’s also possible to check usage statistics for each user group, including anonymous users, so he can figure out which resources are being used most often.

OpenAthens can help Younghoon improve the security of his library resources. In the case of a license breach, individual users can be blocked, which simply isn’t possible with IP recognition. 

But what if his users want to use academic research sources without going through the library website? OpenAthens supports user authentication on publisher platforms for the publishers that support SAML. His users can use their library accounts without creating an additional one.

Younghoon is excited to start using OpenAthens and watch his users enjoy all the library’s resources. And now that he knows about the EBSCO train, he can also explore other cars like analytics and linked data to offer a suite of research solutions.

Get on board with OpenAthens and start your journey with EBSCO today!