Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, has announced that it has completed an important update to the Brill access management system. German users will now be able to login using Shibboleth authentication when accessing Brill online, Brill ebooks, Nijhoff Online and Linguistic Bibliography Online.
With usage statistics becoming increasingly sophisticated and library budgets under pressure it is becoming more and more important for publishers to make sure that end users can access their publications as easily as possible. The addition of DFN-AAI, the German Shibboleth federation, to Brill's online publishing platforms helps widen the readership of their publications by allowing end-users easy access through a mechanism they feel comfortable with.
Shibboleth allows users to identify which institution they would like to use to authenticate their access to online resources. Users gain access through a Where Are You From (WAYF) log-in screen that asks them to choose which institution they belong to. They can then login using a consistent user-name and password rather than having to remember different passwords for different online resources.
Access to Brill's online resources is managed through the Semantico Access Management System (SAMS). SAMS provides a refined solution that can integrate with third-party systems to control access and subscriptions across multiple product sites containing journals, e-books, reference works, directories and scholarly publishing.
SAMS allows publishers to offer different access models to meet the varying needs of institutions and their end-users including perpetual and renewable subscriptions, limited free access, token or voucher based access and pay-per-view. Users can use a variety of methods to login, including IP address, secure referrer page, using a username & password, library card access and using Shibboleth authentication.
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