Often these kinds of things are optional . . . you sign in for the benefit and convenience of capturing your settings, but it's not required for use of the site generally. Kind of like MyNCBI and PubMed.
Best regards, *Jason Bengtson, MLIS, MA* Assistant Director, IT Services K-State Libraries 414 Hale Library Manhattan, KS 66506 785-532-7450 jbengt...@ksu.edu www.jasonbengtson.com On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Cornel Darden Jr. <corneldarde...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hello, > > Seems like overkill, why a login to access the library's website? > > Cornel Darden Jr. > Chief Information Officer > Casanova Information Services, LLC > Office Phone: (779) 205-3105 > Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:38 PM, Ian Walls <iwa...@library.umass.edu> > wrote: > > > > Mark, > > > > > > Oddly enough, we're looking at this kind of thing right now. I also > just got a message from my ILL Librarian that she saw a great conference > presentation on this kinda thing by Scott Bertagnole of Brigham Young > University. > > > > From our perspective, the trick is authentication. We want to at least > use Common Credentials with our University authentication system, rather > than Yet Another Account to Remember (YAAR!), if not Single Sign-on, but we > also need to support the other 4 colleges in our consortium, as well as > community borrowers. Getting course data about students is also tricky, > since we need to collaborate with other units on campus to get permission > to sanely and securely access this data from the registrar. > > > > I'm envisioning three levels of integration: > > > > 1. Catalog + ILL to see what materials you have > > 2. Course reserves and supporting materials > > 3. Miscellaneous/experimental integrations with other services > > > > Hope this is useful; I'd love to keep this conversation going, whether > on list or off. > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > -Ian > > > >> On 03/23/2016 01:26 PM, Mark Weiler wrote: > >> I'm doing some exploratory research on personalization of academic > library websites. E.g. student logs in, the site presents books due dates, > room reservations, course list with associated course readings, subject > librarians. For faculty members, the site might present other information, > such as how to put material on course reserves, deposit material into > institutional repository, etc. Has anyone looked into this, or tried it? > >> > >> > >> > >> Mark Weiler, MLIS, PhD > >> Web & User Experience Librarian | Psychology Librarian > >> Laurier Library > >> Office: Waterloo campus Library, room 104 > >> 519.884.0710 x4296 > >> mwei...@wlu.ca<mailto:mwei...@wlu.ca> > >> > >> [cid:image001.png@01CF7E4C.6BD81010] > >> WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY > >> 75 University Ave. W. > >> Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 > >> > >> https://library.wlu.ca<https://library.wlu.ca/> > >> > >> >
