Top tips for implementing OpenAthens

Liberty University‘s Jerry Falwell Library has a big job on its hands when it comes to managing online resources and access to them.  The library has more than 400 subscriptions for the university’s 130,000 enrolled students (including 700 international students and 27,000 military personnel) in 70+ countries, studying across 700 programs. Solution Formerly an EZproxy …

Promoting MyAthens Plus to your library patrons

In this blog, we’ll list a few activities you may want to carry out to effectively communicate to your patrons the benefits of MyAthens Plus. We’re also going to run over the key features of MyAthens Plus, why your patrons should use it, and how to access it. This should help you with the content …

How to get a better UX from publishers

When researchers access publisher sites, they want a smooth and rewarding user experience (UX). Help give them that – by persuading publishers to use federated access. Here’s how. As a librarian, you want researchers to have a seamless experience when they visit publisher sites. When accessing resources remotely, it’s often easier for researchers to visit …

The three main user journeys – and how to get them right

Unless you get the user experience right, you’ll end up with frustrated users who might just choose to look elsewhere. OpenAthens’ Kieran Prince and Adam Snook discuss the three main user journeys, covering website login, WAYFless and deep linking – and, importantly, how to get them right! Why user experience? As technologies have matured, user …

How to set up the new MyAthens: a step-by-step guide

We hope you are as excited as we are to get your hands on the new MyAthens. All admins have until August 31st 2021 to set up the new MyAthens and we encourage everyone to do this as soon as possible so they can make the most of the introductory first year of MyAthens Plus. To help with the switch over to the new MyAthens, we have created a handy guide to walk …