Home » EZproxy
Category Archives: EZproxy
Changes to centrally-hosted EZproxy authentication
Recently, the Office of Library Services has made improvements to the way the centrally-hosted EZproxy servers handle authentication so that they restrict expired patrons from having access to electronic resources. This issue goes beyond a single group of patrons, such as high school students. This cuts across a variety of patron groups. Centrally-hosted EZproxy authentication […]
E-Resource Link Proxying in OneSearch
Proxying helps library users access commercially licensed e-resources off-campus, whether at home, on the road, or even standing on-campus but using a cell phone via the phone’s data plan. We began by proxying some vendor links, but wanted a solution that allows easy batch proxying of links while also letting library staff control individual links. […]
EZproxy and SIP: Update
This is an update on the recent trouble with the OLS-managed EZproxy servers. As far as we can tell, this was mostly an issue with the Queens College EZproxy instance. That particular instance sees the most usage of all our EZproxy servers. We solved the problem by adding an additional authentication step that’s invisible to […]
Recent troubles with centrally-managed EZproxy servers
If you have a centrally-hosted EZproxy instance, you may have noticed an uptick in the number of users reporting authentication problems. This is due to our exceeding our SIP* license limit thanks to the increased use of e-resources (most likely stemming from OneSearch). We are looking into requesting a new SIP2 license from Ex Libris. […]
How-To | User-triggered error reporting in EZproxy
In March 2013, while we were redesigning the EZproxy login pages for the proxy servers that we manage at OLS, I decided to spruce it up a little bit and make it so that users can send error reports if they reach needhost.htm:
