Platform assessment
The first step to successfully adopting OpenAthens is an assessment of your own platform.
Onboarding for publishers and service providers
This guide is also relevant for publishers and service providers using Shibboleth. If your content is hosted by a platform provider, they will be the best place to help you implement OpenAthens.
Get in touch if you have any questions about the onboarding or what to expect.
Onboarding for publishers at a glance
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Platform upgrade
The assessment done in step one will tell us whether changes need to be made to your platform before proceeding further
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OpenAthens Keystone setup
Once you have made the necessary changes to your platform and subscriptions management system you can start the Keystone configuration.
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Add OpenAthens Wayfinder
OpenAthens Wayfinder is our institutional discovery service.
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Go live
We will go through a final test with you before completing the OpenAthens Keystone setup.
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Enable access
Setup access for subscribing libraries already using OpenAthens.
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What can you expect from your onboarding experience as a new OpenAthens customer?
Our onboarding customer charter outlines our approach, our support and your role as a customer.
Listserv community
Our OpenAthens Listserv connects our customers. Join our global community to share best practices, expertise, ideas, and information, ask questions, gain knowledge, explore opportunities and collaborate with each other!
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