If I understand what you're saying, what you need is an EZproxy
http://www.oclc.org/ezproxy.en.html install configured to authenticate
against Unified login https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Unified_login
and specific user rights
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights or some other user
grouping mechanism.
EZproxy is the defacto standard for making paywalled resources avaliable
to institutional users from off campus. The only downsides are (a) that
it requires you have full control over DNS because a proxy at
https://proxy.wikimedia.org/ would also answer
https://some.subscrpition.resource.example.com.proxy.wikimedia.org/ and
forward to https://some.subscrpition.resource.example.com/ and (b) as a
proxy, it touches all traffic, stream video and very large PDFs will be
redirected through the proxy.
Alternatively, there is a slight chance of joining a Shibboleth
federation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth_%28Internet2%29 but
that's a big ball of policy that is likely to be incompatible.
Shibboleth is preferred for streaming because there is no proxying.
cheers
stuart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stuartyeates
On 29/08/13 03:49, Jake Orlowitz wrote:
Hi folks,
My name is Jake Orlowitz and I coordinate Wikipedia's open research hub,
The Wikipedia Library. Wikimedia Foundation board member Phoebe Ayers
recommended that I reach out to you to see if we might be able to
collaborate in some way.
The Wikipedia Library has several different platforms, several of which
would benefit from better technical integration. One of our primary goals
is to get active, experienced Wikipedia editors access to paywalled sources
and university libraries. We have received donations from several
publishers and interest from several libraries. The challenge for us is
managing those partnerships at scale and in a secure fashion.
We're also working towards more functional research desks, programs that
let reference librarians field research queries from editors or the public,
remote 'visiting scholar' or 'research affiliate' positions at
institutional libraries, University partnerships with online library
access, open access awareness programs, and other related activities.
I'd love to talk more about these projects with you, either through email
or voice chat.
Best,
Jake Orlowitz
Wikipedia: Ocaasi <http://enwp.org/User:Ocaasi>
Facebook: Jake Orlowitz <http://www.facebook.com/jorlowitz>
Twitter: JakeOrlowitz <https://twitter.com/JakeOrlowitz>
LinkedIn: Jake Orlowitz<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=197604531>
Email: jorlow...@yahoo.com
Skype: jorlowitz
Cell: (484) 684-2104
Home: (484) 380-3940
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Stuart Yeates
Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/
