What is OpenAthens and what is its relationship with the UK federation?
Q: Does an institution planning to use Athens post July 2008 need to join the UK federation? A: YES. There are some resources that will only be offering access via the UK federation (e.g. BBC Motion Gallery) and the only way that Athens institutions will be able to access these resources is if they are a member of the UK federation. Q: How does an institution planning to use Athens post July 2008 join the UK federation? A: This is a simple process of sending in a letter of application and declaring Eduserv as the institutions ‘outsourced Identity Provider’. A template letter is available from the UK federation website. Membership of the federation is free and if you would like a hand joining then you are welcome to contact jisc-access-management@jiscmail.ac.uk and we will go through the process with you. Q: What is OpenAthens? A: OpenAthens is a container term for a variety of products including Classic Athens and AthensDA. Most institutions that purchase OpenAthens will simply carry o
