On Tuesday 25th May Information Services will upgrade our Shibboleth authentication system, used to provide access to a wide range of internal and external services such as Canvas, RefWorks, UniDesk, and digital library resources. The upgrade will take place during our ‘at risk’ period of 07:30 to 08:30 on this date. No downtime is anticipated, however, it is possible that access to […]
Category: Shibboleth
So long Athens, hello Shibboleth and EZProxy!
From 31st July 2008 JISC will cease funding for the Athens Access Management System currently used to provide authenticated access to many of the Library’s web based subscription resources such as online journals, abstract databases, and e-books.  To replace Athens , Information Services are implementing two new Access Management systems: Shibboleth and EZProxy. Both […]