Can OpenAthens replace EZproxy?
Can OpenAthens replace EZproxy?
OpenAthens replaces EZproxy and IP Address authentication and offers a more secure, reliable and streamlined experience for library users.
Are UBC libraries open Covid?
Library Spaces Most UBC Library branches on the UBC Vancouver campus are now open. Non-medical masks are required. UBC.ca continues to be the most up-to-date and authoritative source of information about the University’s response to COVID-19.
How do I access OpenAthens?
Login via a publisher or information discovery website. If you go straight to a discovery search or publisher website you’ll need to look for ‘sign in’ or ‘login’ on the homepage. Click on this and look for the OpenAthens, Shibboleth or ‘login via your institution’ button.
Do UBC alumni have access to library?
UBC Alumni may activate their ACard and obtain free UBC Community Borrower library privileges. Please note that remote access to most online resources is restricted by licensing agreements to current UBC students, faculty, and staff only.
What is the difference between shibboleth and OpenAthens?
Shibboleth is usually installed and managed by an institution or publisher. OpenAthens supports many of the same standards, including SAML but is delivered as a cloud-based solution, supported by a service desk and team of technical specialists who are on hand to assist with setup, integration, and operation.
Is OpenAthens a proxy server?
The OpenAthens LA proxy is a basic proxy server that can be used when resources that do not support federated access need to be accessed remotely. Most of the time when you use a proxy, it will be to make a remote user appear within your network and this is very simple to set up.
Is UBC online or in person?
Yes. UBC is conducting in-person classes for the 2021/22 Winter Session. The health, safety and wellbeing of our students, faculty and staff remain our first priority.
Do you have to be vaccinated to attend UBC?
Are vaccines mandatory for students, faculty or staff to be on campus? No. However, UBC requires regular COVID-19 rapid testing for all students, faculty and staff when working or studying on one of UBC’s campuses or at an off-campus facility controlled by UBC.
Is OpenAthens a database?
What is OpenAthens? An OpenAthens account allows you to access a range of quality information online. Users can access Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS) and nationally purchased content, which includes bibliographic databases from: Full-text databases from EBSCO (Cinahl and Health Business Elite)
How do I change my OpenAthens password?
My OpenAthens administrator has asked me to change my password. Login to NHS Evidence with your OpenAthens account. From your account details click on Change Password. Enter a new password twice.
Is OpenAthens a SAML?
The common factor is that both OpenAthens and Shibboleth are based on SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language). This open-standards framework is designed to ensure that single sign-on is easy to implement and maintain across different applications!
Is shibboleth an OpenAthens?
Where to write alone at the UBC Library?
The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) facilitates a weekly Online Writing Community to help mitigate social isolation. We invite all UBC Vancouver community members to gather for 2 hours each week to write alone—together. The Online Writing Community takes place 10am – 12pm on Thursdays via Zoom.
Is the UBC Library open to the public?
As an open education initiative, the LING 300 Wikipedia project has translated well to the remote learning environment currently in place at UBC, and the support provided by UBC Library and the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology (CTLT) has facilitated that transition.
Is the University of British Columbia Library online?
Librarian support, online workshops and electronic resource access continues. Read More UBC Library has extensive expertise in stewarding licensed data, and the addition of the Data Advice and Inventory Extracts provided by BC Assessment to its available datasets on Abacus is a huge win for the UBC research community.
Where can I find the UBC newspaper archives?
UBC faculty, staff and students can now access the digital archives of The Province newspaper from 1894 to 2010.
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