Re: [IUG] Active Directory to authenticate

["KREYCHE, MICHAEL" <mkreyche at kent dot edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org 
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Doris Munson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 1:57 PM
> To: 'IUG INNOPAC List'
> Subject: [IUG] Active Directory to authenticate
> 
> EWU is starting to use Active Directory to provide integrated 
> authentication on campus.  Is anyone using Active Directory 
> to provide access to Millennium or other online resources?
> 
> I searched CSDirect and, not to my surprise, didn't find 
> anything about this.

A more productive search is LDAP. The Innovative product for interfacing
with LDAP/AD is "External Patron Verification," which also turns up a
few things.

We have it and it generally works well, but it took Innovative some time
to get it working with our Innreach server. 

I think the only outstanding issue now is with patrons placing multiple
requests (from the "shopping cart")--only the first request is
processed. Multiple requests work fine for the patrons that log in the
old fashioned way.

Mike
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Michael Kreyche
Systems Librarian / Associate Professor
Libraries and Media Services 
Kent State University
330-672-1918