broken access publishing
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Broken Access Publishing
ORHow to make your site incompatible with library-intermediated workflows
Simon Inger, September 2013
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Discovery and DeliveryLibrary Web Pages
Resource Discovery, e.g. Primo, Summon, EDS
Link Server/Resolver, e.g. SFX, Serials 360, EDS
Target
Library Technology Components
• Library web pages– Direct readers to the most appropriate place to
start their content discovery• Resource Discovery Services (RDS)
– (Primo, Summon, EDS, a.k.a. web scale discovery)
– A&I are indexes of content and usually library-recommended
– Libraries invested much in multi-subject RDS• Link server/resolver
– Manages multiple incarnations of content
Journals and MonographsLibrary Web Pages
Resource Discovery
Link Server/Resolver
Target
A&ILibrary Web Pages
Resource Discovery
Link Server/Resolver
Target
ReferenceLibrary Web Pages
Resource Discovery and Target
Link Server/Resolver
Secondary Target
AuthenticationLibrary Web Pages,sometimes authenticated
Resource Discovery, authenticated
Link Server/Resolver, often authenticated
Target, often authenticated
Case study 1 – UK university
• Preferred sign-in method for library is Shibboleth• Publisher supports Shibboleth• Publisher offers free alumni access if it can be monitored
– Publisher does not support Shibboleth attributes (which would report alumni)
– Publisher requires separate IP address• Library needs readers to use IP address access instead• Link server can only record one URL for each target, so on-
site and off-site users have to use proxy– (Proxy is in another country or cloud based and invalidates publisher’s
Google analytics)
• Library finds it cannot get 2 IP addresses from proxy provider
• Broken Access
Case study 2 – university in Oman
• Entire country uses single IP gateway because of government censorship, so institutions indistinguishable
• Preferred sign-in method for library is Shibboleth• Publisher supports Shibboleth• Resource Discovery Service does not support Shibboleth• Library needs readers to use IP address access instead, via
a proxy• Publisher does not support proxies• Broken Access
Case 3 – hospital in South Africa
• Whole regions of the medical sector in South Africa share IP addresses, so institutions indistinguishable
• Many remote workers, often out in the field• Library not advanced enough for Shibboleth• Publisher supports off-site access and proxies, but licence
demands that only off-site users use the proxy• Library’s only option anyway is to provide access for its
patrons via a proxy– Library either breaches licence or doesn’t buy product
• Broken Access
Access Planning
Shibboleth or AthensRe
ader •Unauth‐
enticated
•External SSO•OpenID•Facebook•Google•Yahoo Li
brary techno
logy •Library web
pages
•SSO
•Proxy
Externaldiscovery •Google
•A&I
Publishe
r •WAYF
•WAYFless
•IP
•Content
WAYFless via library technologyRe
ader •Unauth‐
enticated
•External SSO•OpenID•Facebook•Google•Yahoo Li
brary techno
logy •Library web
pages
•SSO
•Proxy
Externaldiscovery •Google
•A&I
Publishe
r •WAYF
•WAYFless
•IP
•Content
WAYFless with external SSORe
ader •Unauth‐
enticated
•External SSO•OpenID•Facebook•Google•Yahoo Li
brary techno
logy •Library web
pages
•SSO
•Proxy
Externaldiscovery •Google
•A&I
Publishe
r •WAYF
•WAYFless
•IP
•Content
Proxy and IP AccessRe
ader •Unauth‐
enticated
•External SSO•OpenID•Facebook•Google•Yahoo Li
brary techno
logy •Library web
pages
•SSO
•Proxy
Externaldiscovery •Google
•A&I
Publishe
r •WAYF
•WAYFless
•IP
•Content
Proxy via local SSORe
ader •Unauth‐
enticated
•External SSO•OpenID•Facebook•Google•Yahoo Li
brary techno
logy •Library web
pages
•SSO
•Proxy
Externaldiscovery •Google
•A&I
Publishe
r •WAYF
•WAYFless
•IP
•Content
Open Access
• This must all favour Open Access publishing, right?
• Yes and No.• If, in an Open Access future, libraries stay
intermediated, they are going to want to measure the utility of each title they link to, which means they will want usage statistics, which means the OA publisher will need to authenticate
• BUT – authentication can be much lighter and is more likely to be compatible
Think How You Fit In, and Plan!Library Web Pages
Resource Discovery, e.g. Primo, Summon, EDS
Link Server/Resolver, e.g. SFX, Serials 360, EDS
Target
