Interesting, you mention AJAX pages.  Can you elaborate why it would be problem? - Kelly

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gary McGath
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Q: "Discovery" products and authentication (esp Summon)

On 10/24/12 2:40 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:

> Primo, by default, will suppress some content from end-users unless 
> they are authenticated, no?  Maybe that's what "restricted search scopes"
> are? I'm not talking about your locally indexed content, but about the 
> "PrimoCentral" index of scholarly articles.
> 
> At least I know the Primo API requires you to tell it if end-users are 
> authenticated or not, and suppresses some results if they are not. I 
> assume Primo 'default' interface must have the same restrictions?

I've worked with library systems that redirect you to a login page when they detect an attempt to access a restricted resource. I don't recommend this approach; it may have worked OK 10 years ago, but it plays badly with AJAX pages, which have become very common.



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