Access to Online Resources: A Guide for the Modern Librarian

Author:   Kristina Botyriute
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
ISBN:  

9783319739892


Pages:   42
Publication Date:   23 March 2018
Format:   Paperback
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This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence.The book offers a concise guide for librarians, helping them understand the challenges, processes and technologies involved in managing access to online resources. After an introduction the book presents cases of general authentication and authorisation. It helps readers understand web based authentication and provides the fundamentals of IP address recognition in an easy to understand manner. A special chapter is dedicated to Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), followed by an overview of the key concepts of OpenID Connect. The book concludes with basic troubleshooting guidelines and recommendations for further assistance.  Librarians will benefit from this quick and easy read, which demystifies the technologies used, features real-life scenarios, and explains how to competently employ authentication and access management.

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Author:   Kristina Botyriute
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.150kg
ISBN:  

9783319739892


ISBN 10:   3319739891
Pages:   42
Publication Date:   23 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Authentication and Authorisation.- Web based Authentication.- IP Address Recognition.- SAML.- OpenID Connect.- Basic Trouble Shooting. 

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Access to Online Resources is visually attractive, with numerous photographs, graphs, and pullout boxes featuring key points and definitions. ... The text is written in a conversational, informal style, and examples are easy to read and relatable. The bibliography offers several resources for those wanting to learn more. (Kristina Botyriute, Online Searcher, Vol. 43(1), January-February, 2019)


Author Information

Kristina Botyriute is an International Technical Pre-Sales Consultant for OpenAthens with the determined mission to make the librarian's job easier. Through her daily interactions with libraries across a variety of environments all over the globe, she makes it her duty to help librarians achieve their goals. Real-world experiences have developed an acute awareness of the gap in knowledge for understanding available and emerging technologies. Bridging that gap is the natural starting point on the journey to improve the capability and confidence for librarians of all backgrounds; this book is the result of Kristina's resolute approach to solving the problems her customers face every day.  

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