Advancing Federated Identity Adoption in Library Access Systems
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Amanda Ferrante
Summary
Amanda Ferrante, Principal Product Manager at EBSCO Information Services, discusses the challenges and opportunities of implementing federated identity in the library ecosystem. She explores why federated identity — a natural fit for library access — has not been widely adopted, drawing on her collaboration with the research and education identity federation community, including federation operators and university IAM leaders. The article examines the platforms researchers use to discover and access licensed scholarly content and the barriers to broader federated identity adoption.
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· 3 pulledIf federated identity should be a natural fit for library access, then why isn't it?
Many of these platforms were not widely...
My work has brought me into closer collaboration with the research and education identity federation community, including federation operators, university identity and access management (IAM), and security leaders.
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