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If I understand what you're saying, what you need is an EZproxy http://www.oclc.org/ezproxy.en.html install configured to authenticate against Unified login https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Unified_login and specific user rights https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights or some other user grouping mechanism. EZproxy is the defacto standard for making paywalled resources avaliable to institutional users from off campus. The only downsides are (a) that it requires you have full control over DNS because a proxy at https://proxy.wikimedia.org/ would also answer https://some.subscrpition.resource.example.com.proxy.wikimedia.org/ and forward to https://some.subscrpition.resource.example.com/ and (b) as a proxy, it touches all traffic, stream video and very large PDFs will be redirected through the proxy. Alternatively, there is a slight chance of joining a Shibboleth federation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth_%28Internet2%29 but that's a big ball of policy that is likely to be incompatible. Shibboleth is preferred for streaming because there is no proxying. cheers stuart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stuartyeates On 29/08/13 03:49, Jake Orlowitz wrote: > Hi folks, > > My name is Jake Orlowitz and I coordinate Wikipedia's open research hub, > The Wikipedia Library. Wikimedia Foundation board member Phoebe Ayers > recommended that I reach out to you to see if we might be able to > collaborate in some way. > > The Wikipedia Library has several different platforms, several of which > would benefit from better technical integration. One of our primary goals > is to get active, experienced Wikipedia editors access to paywalled sources > and university libraries. We have received donations from several > publishers and interest from several libraries. The challenge for us is > managing those partnerships at scale and in a secure fashion. > > We're also working towards more functional research desks, programs that > let reference librarians field research queries from editors or the public, > remote 'visiting scholar' or 'research affiliate' positions at > institutional libraries, University partnerships with online library > access, open access awareness programs, and other related activities. > > I'd love to talk more about these projects with you, either through email > or voice chat. > > Best, > > Jake Orlowitz > Wikipedia: Ocaasi <http://enwp.org/User:Ocaasi> > Facebook: Jake Orlowitz <http://www.facebook.com/jorlowitz> > Twitter: JakeOrlowitz <https://twitter.com/JakeOrlowitz> > LinkedIn: Jake Orlowitz<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=197604531> > Email: [log in to unmask] > Skype: jorlowitz > Cell: (484) 684-2104 > Home: (484) 380-3940 > -- Stuart Yeates Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/