(13 May 2025) For 30 years, OpenAthens has been the trusted compass for libraries, ensuring students and researchers access the knowledge they need, securely and without barriers. As it celebrates this milestone, its continuous growth means it is time to give its library product, used by millions of users all around the world, a clear new…
(13 Feb 2023) OpenAthens just published the findings from an important study into the challenges students and researchers face when they search for resources online. The hope is that this report and its recommendations will give librarians, publishers, network providers, utility companies and national governments impetus to work together to support the research journey better. OpenAthens commissioned…
(4 Aug 2022) Single sign-on provider OpenAthens is pleased to announce the recruitment of new support team members based in Singapore. The move comes as a direct result of an upsurge in demand for remote access to research materials in the Asia-Pacific region. OpenAthens’ international customer base has grown significantly in the last decade. This…
(20 May 2020) Nick began by explaining that the key ethos of CILIP, the UK’s library and information association, is the belief in the power of libraries, knowledge and information to change lives for the better. A lot of Nick’s thinking centred around that of Rolf Hapel, distinguished professor of practice in residence at the University of…
(11 January 2019) The MLAs were created to recognize the top products and services in the library industry in a truly unbiased format. Products and services were submitted in the fall using a simple application and then posted on a private site with an enhanced description and attendant materials. These products were batched into small groups…
(18 December 2018) Sponsored by OpenAthens, the research gathered information from more than 900 librarians working in different sectors across the globe in Spring 2018 and was designed to gain insight into current thinking on identity and access management. According to the new research growing numbers of students and researchers are working from home, on mobile…
(5 September 2018) After months OpenAthens has announced the launch of the new reporting interface for library customers. The new interface is simpler and easier to navigate, and it visualizes data in a better, more accessible way allowing quick and easy analysis of the data OpenAthens provides. Adam Snook, our product manager, and Vee Rogacheva,…
(30 January 2017) OpenAthens has published a new white paper that discusses the complexities facing information professionals and publishers when ensuring the security of access and authentication processes. Approaches to authentication: the importance of information security draws on experiences from across the information industry to highlight the key security issues around different authentication methods, and…
(11 October 2016) OpenAthens has today announced that ASTM International the Pennsylvania, USA-based publisher of international standards, manuals, scholarly publications and e-learning courses has joined the OpenAthens access management federation. This move provides straightforward and secure access to ASTM International’s wide library of over 12,000 standards and related products, trusted globally by individuals and organizations…