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Hybrid Authentication is an operational scenarios many libraries are currently involved in: online publishers resources can be accessed both via IP based authentication and through a Web Single-Sign-On Session. AARC aims at promoting the adoption of  federated credentials in accessing services;  This pilot shows how Libraries can effectively use the OCLC EZproxy tool (which they often already have available, acting as an IP proxy) by levering its Acces Mode Switch feature, once configured accordingly. EZproxy can this act as a switch from IP based proxy to access non federated resources to SAML SSO redirect proxy, to entitle users to federated online resources if they own SAML2-IDP provided credentials.

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