OpenAthens has announced their Publisher Manifesto following an extensive program of research into librarians and end-users views and experiences of Identity and Access Management (IAM). The Publisher Manifesto is a series of commitments that aim to address the common issues around IAM faced by publishers and vendors, and highlight the next steps for the publishing industry in managing access to knowledge.
The Publisher Manifesto commits OpenAthens to provide the best end-user experience possible at the heart of authentication into e-resources and applications; enable single sign on that is simple to set up and easy to maintain within publishing platforms; the use of common standards across SAML and other authentication protocols to deliver interoperability; provide a forum where all parties involved in access and authentication into e-resources can share views and challenge orthodoxies; and recognise that change is now constant, and that their services must continually evolve to meet new challenges.
In addition to research currently being undertaken, the aims of the Manifesto are reflected in OpenAthens' development plans which will result in significant enhancements for existing OpenAthens SP customers this summer, and a new cloud-based service to be launched in early 2017.
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