But... first sentence - in bold- states that they are not getting rid of customer support for stand alone EzProxy- and that is reiterated throughout the communication. Your highlighted portion mentions sales alone.
I read this as, if new libraries want EZProxy, they can get it- just hosted. For those of us who already have it as a stand alone- no worries, they will continue to support. Elizabeth Elizabeth Leonard Assistant Dean, Information Technologies and Collections Services Seton Hall University 400 South Orange Avenue South Orange, NJ 07079 973-761-9445 Preferred pronouns: She, her, hers -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> On Behalf Of Kun Lin Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 1:20 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] RA21/ seamlessaccess.org Source is OCLC's announcement at EZProxy listserves [image: oclc.JPG] On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:29 AM Hammer, Erich F <er...@albany.edu> wrote: > They are!? When? Source? > > We're just now looking at testing SSO/SeamlessAccess with some of our > largest vendors, but we have no illusions that we will be able to use > it for all of them. Several of the OpenAthens presenters at ER&L last > week made no bones about needing to keep EZProxy for edge cases. > > Erich > > > On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 13:15, Kun Lin eloquently inscribed: > > > Since OCLC is going to discontinue standalone EZProxy, anyone has > > tried RA21/seamlessaccess? Is it still just open to publisher so far? > > > > Thanks > > Kun > > > ** WARNING: This email originated from outside of Seton Hall University. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. **