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In detail we use AAI:
- In our Discovery Tool (primo-ExLibris Primo ) to access research papers and electronic resources, display and download full-text from e-journals and e-books, discovery tool e-shelf. To search directly databases or a electronic journals.
- OPAC services: access to users' personal area, book reservations, loans renewal; interlibrary loan and document delivery requests using the university online forms forms or SFX form. Access the digital library of SebinaYou (Data Managment).
- Online services of the library: photocopying, scanning of documents, printing .
- Institutional repository: documents loading in the Institutional Repository (ARCA-Iris Cineca); Loading of doctoral thesis in the institutional repository of theses (D-SpaceDSpace).
We need to find a solution with ExLibris to access Primo and our resources from the discovery tool interface using AAI.
What is the current experience with AAI of your community?
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Has your community/research infrastructure already uses AAI solutions for their use case?
Yes. YES
What benefits do you see for Federated Access?
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- Lack of technical knowledge.
- It is unclear how to organise an Identity Management (IdM).
- It is unclear if the IdM should be internally or externally done.
- There is no clarity in the organization about the benefits of using an IdM.
- We already have an IdM but it is not completely compatible with SAML/OpenID or other industry-standards.
- Too much bureaucracy to join a federation.
- Other : There are still a lot of publishers who are not members of the federation and for libraries it seems important to provide users with a unique way of accessing electronic resources.
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- The Management doesn’t consider that important.
- No enough funds/resources (human resources).
What is the user experience in the interaction with the available AAI solutions?
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It would be useful to present online guides and tutorials in the webpages where the users access ER and need instructions. Tutorial should be easy and user-friendly
Do Do you see the need for trainings to better inform representatives of members in your research area?
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We use eduPersonScopedAffiliation with the value assigned from looking different databases (teachers, students, staff ...) according to the rules of eduPerson
Which IdPs your users would use?
Their institutional IdP, part of national federations and eduGAIN.
Non federated institutional IdPs.
Research community catch-all IdP.
Social media, at the moment is not used, but it would be useful for guest users of university libraries: facebook credentials would be accepted if certified by one or more institutional users. As for public libraries Facebook credentials could be certified by other registered users.
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If yes, whom can we contact to ask further questions on your LoA needs? There is a dedicated task in AARC that investigates LoA.
YESYes, for the main university services. Libraries do not need it, they need only a level 1.
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- Resource discovery through a Registry. Users will search the registry and find the description of relevant distributed resources, to be accessed directly from the data provider. Data providers have different policies for access.
- Creation of integrated databases. This will be developed at experimental level for selected topics. The integrated database will be hosted by the project.
What is the current experience with AAI of your community?
Without federated access, resource discovery is cumbersome, as users are required to login at different services every time they want to access a resource. This limits the usefulness of the registry. There is no clear perception among partners about the utility of IdM. This is not part of the project original objectives. No resources are allocated to the task.
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