If you ask nicely they would likely place it where you want, I would ;) Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 29, 2014, at 3:36 PM, "Cary Gordon" <listu...@chillco.com> wrote: > > EZProxy is not a very challenging service to setup or run. You could set it > up locally or pick one of the many cloud hosting providers in NZ, including > IBM. > > We manage an EZProxy server for a library cooperative in Northern California > on a small AWS instance. Its average load level is "bored". > > Cary > >> On Jan 29, 2014, at 11:39 AM, stuart yeates <stuart.yea...@vuw.ac.nz> wrote: >> >> The text I've seen talks about "[e]xpanded reporting capabilities to support >> management decisions" in forthcoming versions and encourages towards the >> hosted solution. >> >> Since we're in .nz, they'd put our hosted proxy server in .au, but the >> network connection between .nz and .au is via the continental .us, which >> puts an extra trans-pacific network loop in 99% of our proxied network >> connections. >> >> cheers >> stuart >> >>> On 30/01/14 03:14, Ingraham Dwyer, Andy wrote: >>> OCLC announced in April 2013 the changes in their license model for North >>> America. EZProxy's license moves from requiring a one-time purchase of >>> US$495 to a *annual* fee of $495, or through their hosted service, with the >>> fee depending on scale of service. The old one-time purchase license is no >>> longer offered for sale as of July 1, 2013. I don't have any details about >>> pricing for other parts of the world. >>> >>> An important thing to recognize here, is that they cannot legally change >>> the terms of a license that is already in effect. The software you have >>> purchased under the old license is still yours to use, indefinitely. OCLC >>> has even released several maintenance updates during 2013 that are >>> available to current license-holders. In fact, they released V5.7 in early >>> January 2014, and made that available to all license-holders. However, all >>> updates after that version are only available to holders of the yearly >>> subscription. The hosted product is updated to the most current version >>> automatically. >>> >>> My recommendation is: If your installation of EZProxy works, don't change >>> it. Yet. Upgrade your installation to the last version available under >>> the old license, and use that for as long as you can. At this point, there >>> are no world-changing new features that have been added to the product. >>> There is speculation that IPv6 support will be the next big feature-add, >>> but I haven't heard anything official. Start planning and budgeting for a >>> change, either to the yearly fee, or the cost of hosted, or to some >>> as-yet-undetermined alternative. But I see no need to start paying now for >>> updates you don't need. >>> >>> -Andy >>> >>> >>> >>> Andy Ingraham Dwyer >>> Infrastructure Specialist >>> State Library of Ohio >>> 274 E. 1st Avenue >>> Columbus, OH 43201 >>> library.ohio.gov >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of >>> stuart yeates >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:03 PM >>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] EZProxy changes / alternatives ? >>> >>> I probably should have been more specific. >>> >>> Does anyone have experience switching from EzProxy to anything else? >>> >>> Is anyone else aware of the coming OCLC changes and considering switching? >>> >>> Does anyone have a worked example like: "My EzProxy config for site Y >>> looked like A; after the switch, my X config for site Z looked like B"? >>> >>> I'm aware of this good article: >>> http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7470 >>> >>> cheers >>> stuart >>> >>> >>>> On 29/01/14 15:24, stuart yeates wrote: >>>> We've just received notification of forth-coming changes to EZProxy, >>>> which will require us to pay an arm and a leg for future versions to >>>> install locally and/or host with OCLC AU with a ~ 10,000km round trip. >>>> >>>> What are the alternatives? >>>> >>>> cheers >>>> stuart >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stuart Yeates >>> Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/ >> >> >> -- >> Stuart Yeates >> Library Technology Services http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/
