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Short On Staff And Time: An Openathens Implementation, Sherise Kimura, Anders Lyon

Gleeson Library Faculty and Staff Research and Scholarship

The University of San Francisco subscribed to OpenAthens (EBSCO) for authentication in March 2018 and launched in July. This presentation outlines major steps and tasks—managed using low-tech tools—from planning, configuring the OpenAthens connector, communicating with stakeholders, migrating resources, creating a user guide, and shares lessons learned.