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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I didn’t see a response to your question, so sorry if I’m repeating someone else here (I look after Hull College Group’s Shibboleth installation btw).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We use the Shibboleth Identity Provider (commonly referred to as IdP on this list) software, which is free, to authenticate against pretty much all our eResources. It doesn’t HAVE to cost you anything other than
time (you may find your IT team, or a member, has the skills) – there are consultants who’ll set it up for you, for a fee (no idea who to suggest, or what they charge).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The gist of it is you have a server (we went for a virtual one) in your network, that can access some kind of login server (Novell eDirectory for us previously, but a lot of us use Active Directory as the login
source) – end users login to your IdP, then when they’re in successfully it then sends values (e.g. a unique username, affiliation for that user such as Staff or Student) to the e-book provider.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I believe Belfast is in Northern Ireland? If so, you should be covered by the UK Federation. Which is like a network of IdPs allowing their users access to Service Providers including e-book publishers. Our Idp
releases a certain set of information to ANY provider who is part of the UK Federation, which means we don’t usually have to do anything to get access to a newly-subscribed resource.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The UK federation technical staff are knowledgable and helpful, very useful to get your IdP in their directory – one is being patient with me whilst I get a new one setup, and I don’t know all the tools used
inside out so it’s not a 2minute job.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hope that helps,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dave Perry<br>
eLearning Technologist, Hull College Group<br>
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Room L34 - Queens Gardens Library<br>
Wilberforce Drive, Queen's Gardens, Hull, HU1 3DG<br>
Extension 2230 / Direct Dial 01482 381930<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:elearning@hull-college.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">elearning@hull-college.ac.uk</span></a> *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
users [mailto:users-bounces@shibboleth.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>j.conkey@union.ac.uk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 05 May 2015 19:04<br>
<b>To:</b> users@shibboleth.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Questions about Shibboleth and e-book authentication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">I am exploring the possibility of acquiring e-book access for our library (an Academic Library in Belfast, Northern Ireland) and was wondering if you could tell me what you could offer in terms of authentication
for our e-books? How much would it cost to set up Shibboleth authentication? What would you require from us? Any details about authentication for e-book access would be very much appreciated. Please let me know if there is anything you need to ask me about
our institution or IT set up at present. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Very many thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Joy Conkey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Deputy Librarian, The Gamble Library, Union Theological College, Belfast<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><img border="0" width="41" height="38" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D08996.92CCF630" alt="union-theological-college-logo"><b><i><span style="color:#C45911">The
Gamble Library Vision Statement</span></i><span style="color:#C45911">.</span></b><span style="color:#C45911">
<b>Every member equipped with the resources and information literacy they need to support teaching, learning, research or personal and professional development, within the context of the Union Theological College’s vision and ethos.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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