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
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www.jasonbengtson.com

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Cornel Darden Jr. <[log in to unmask]
> 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 <[log in to unmask]>
> 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
> >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> >>
> >>  [cid:[log in to unmask]]
> >> WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY
> >> 75 University Ave. W.
> >> Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
> >>
> >> https://library.wlu.ca<https://library.wlu.ca/>
> >>
> >>
>