[Koha] Electronic Resource URLs - Authentication

Elaine Bradtke eb at efdss.org
Wed Aug 19 05:58:21 NZST 2015


We've been considering various options. For us it's a matter of some
material kept on an in house server that should be local access only. We're
looking at controlling access via the user's IP address, or requiring a
login.  So we are quite interested in how others have approached this.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Craig Butosi <craig.butosi at rcmusic.ca>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Running Koha 3.20.02 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Apache 2.4.7.
>
> I had a question about the authentication of electronic resource links in
> Koha. I'd like to explore a method of managing access to links to
> e-resources (856 fields)  that would (1) prevent an anonymous user from
> navigating to the full-text of an e-resource via the 856 link; and (2) to
> show an 856  link to the full-text of an e-resource to authenticated users.
> I am thinking here of how universities and colleges manage their
> e-resources (i.e., allow registered students access to e-content but
> denying unauthorized access from unofficial users). The problem is that
> I've never talked with anyone who could explain how this is done generally.
> I'm sure it varies across institutions.
>
> So, can Koha (presumably with server-side software) do this, and how can
> it be done? Is this what CAS or SIP2 is for?
>
> Hope this is clear. Happy to provide more info. This is not my area, but
> I'd like to explore further. Feel free to point me to info resources on
> this too.
>
> Many thanks!
>
>
> Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons.)
> LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER
> the royal conservatory
> TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning
> 273 Bloor Street West
> Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
> 416.408.2824 x338
> www.rcmusic.ca<http://www.rcmusic.ca/>
>
>
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