"In our new blog, Todd Carpenter, director NISO, details the current complexities around user access to online content. Take a read and discover why IP-based access is failing users.
Todd Carpenter joined NISO as Executive Director in September 2006.
Abstract
"At its core, the RA21 initiative is built around the desire to make access control via SAML-basedidentity management systems, like OpenAthens, more seamless and more like the user-experience common on consumer web services...Because of the sensitivity of the library community regarding privacy, the RA21 Recommended Practice will also include guidance on the SAML attribute release for library-related services, which is built upon the work of the identity federation community."