NOW, Zero, Zip, Nada……
Posted by markwilliams on June 18th, 2008
Thats how many school days are left before the big switch over in access management. So right now the debate is not about open source software, 3rd stream activities, cost benefit of propriety software v non proprietary software, long term strategy etc.
The single issue of importance until August is how will your students access resources on July 31st.
1. Whatever solution an institution has chosen they need to ensure that they have joined the Federation - which means sending the letter off and CONFIRMING the JANET reply email which should follow soon after. If an institution isn’t listed on this page then the process is NOT complete.
2. If an institution has opted to use an outsourced identity provider - and are planning on using ATHENS - Shibboleth Gateway to access federated resources (such as JISC collections, material at Edina MIMAS etc), they need to check that they have nominated their outsourced provider on their Federation Membership documentation. In some cases institutions may have become Federation members before they decided on a solution so won’t have put that information on their original application. They will want to revisit their documentation and notify JANET if anything has changed.
3. If an institution is NOT joining the Federation, and they may have their reasons (such as move to use of IP and Proxy solutions only)-, please contact the team here to double check the implications….