But... first sentence - in bold- states that they are not getting rid of customer support for stand alone EzProxy- and that is reiterated throughout the communication. Your highlighted portion mentions sales alone.
I read this as, if new libraries want EZProxy, they can get it- just hosted. For those of us who already have it as a stand alone- no worries, they will continue to support.
Elizabeth
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From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Kun Lin
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 1:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] RA21/ seamlessaccess.org
Source is OCLC's announcement at EZProxy listserves
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:29 AM Hammer, Erich F <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> They are!? When? Source?
>
> We're just now looking at testing SSO/SeamlessAccess with some of our
> largest vendors, but we have no illusions that we will be able to use
> it for all of them. Several of the OpenAthens presenters at ER&L last
> week made no bones about needing to keep EZProxy for edge cases.
>
> Erich
>
>
> On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 13:15, Kun Lin eloquently inscribed:
>
> > Since OCLC is going to discontinue standalone EZProxy, anyone has
> > tried RA21/seamlessaccess? Is it still just open to publisher so far?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kun
>
>
>
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