Re: Any changes to config files?

Josh,

Happy New Year!  I look forward to working with you more closely this
year in you new capacity.

As the weeks go by, I will be starting the process of handing off
certain responsibilities from me to you.  I do not have a complete list,
but will begin the conversation as things come up.

See below.  Ezproxy is a key service.  There is not much to it once set
up.  I believe I sent you their web site last month.  Have you had a
chance to look around?  Have you had a look at our server and the .cfg
file?  Serge maintained the server and I did most of the .cfg file
updates in the past.  I would like you to handle the whole thing and
become as conversant in the how things work as possible.  So, if you
have not already started, ...  There's no time like the present.

Write me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks.

>>> zagar <at> usefulutilities.com 12/30/2005 2:25:14 PM >>>
> We are getting ready to upgrade to 3.4c
>
> I don't see where I need to make any changes to my config file, but I

> thought I'd ask anyway.

In general, no changes to ezproxy.cfg are required when updating.  The

Possible cookie problem - doesn't work first try, but does second.

Hello all,

We at University of Chicago are implementing EZProxy now and we are
encountering a strange problem with several databases. It seems that maybe
there is something not correct with the cookie that is causing it to fail
the first time a user tries to access but then it is set correctly and
works the second time a user tries. Has anyone else had any experience
with this sort of phenomenon? I searched the archive, but had no luck
finding anything.

thanks,
Rob Pleshar
University of Chicago

Here is an example of the problem being reported:
If I search for "publisher's weekly" in HIP, then choose 
either the Proquest or Ebscohost copy, the first time, it 
prompts for log on but gives me an error and never gets 
through.  But if I close the popup and just click on the URL 
again, that time it works, like it is getting the cookie but 
not getting through on the first try.

I tried publisher's weekly in the e-journal list and saw the 
same thing.  I also tried Chaucer review and it has the same 
problem with the ebscohost copy and the JHU Muse project 
copy.

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RE: Possible cookie problem - doesn't work first try, but does second.

Rob--we have had this problem especially since last summer with EBSCO
databases.  They tightened up security on their end.  I have our users
make them a trusted site.  They also sent me a "cookie pusher" to put on
the login page.  AOL causes many problems so I advise users with AOL to
bring up a different browser once they are connected.

Brenda Braham, Digital Initiatives Librarian 
Montgomery College 
Rockville Campus Library 
Technical Services, Macklin Tower 303 
Rockville, MD. 20850
brenda.braham <at> montgomerycollege.edu
301-738-8033

Any opinions expressed are strictly my own and do not represent the
opinions of Montgomery College.

"...librarians are more freedom fighters than shushers." Ms. Magazine
online http://www.msmagazine.com/dec03/woty2003_hayden.asp

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Pleshar [mailto:rpleshar <at> uchicago.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:38 AM
To: EZProxy discussion list
Subject: [ezproxy] Possible cookie problem - doesn't work first try, but
does second.

Hello all,

We at University of Chicago are implementing EZProxy now and we are

NetLibrary and 856-field tips

eBooks or audiobooks from NetLibrary at libraries that have implemented
these products take you directly from the library catalog record to a link
to a particular book. Other ebooks vendors provide a similar feature.

This looks great to me. I noted the earlier post about editing the
856-fields en masse, a posting of David Cunningham, back in September. We
are a Sirsi library, so this particularly is of interest to us. Does
anyone have a handy procedure written out for editing MARC records as a
batch either in the ILS software or by some other means?

Are there any important considerations to factor in when rolling something
like this out?

Bret Parker
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
Stockton, CA

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Re: NetLibrary and 856-field tips

Bret H Parker wrote:
> Does anyone have a handy procedure written out for editing MARC records
> as a batch either in the ILS software or by some other means?

You can add the proxy information with a litle Perl. You'll need to 
install  the MARC::* modules.

## BEGIN SCRIPT

use MARC::File::USMARC;
use MARC::Record;

my $filename = "original.mrc";

my $file = MARC::File::USMARC->in( $filename );

open(OUTPUT, '> new.mrc') or die $!;

while ( my $record = $file->next() ) {
    my $field = $record->field('856');
    my $url = $field->subfield("u");

    ## create a new 856 field.
    my $new_field = MARC::Field->new('856','4','0',
     z => 'Access provided by your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.',
     u => 'http://roxy.nipissingu.ca:2080/login?url=' . $url );

    ## replace existing with our new one.
    $field->replace_with($new_field);
    print OUTPUT $record->as_usmarc();

Original Sources

Does anyone have Original Sources (database from Britannica and Western 
Standard Publishing Company) configured to work with EZproxy?  I tried 
this, but when authenticating from off-campus, the database is still 
prompting users for a username and password (for the database, not EZproxy).

This is what I tried:

T Original Sources
U http://www.originalsources.com
D originalsources.com

Thanks,
Deborah Babb
Electronic Services Librarian
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Plough Memorial Library
Christian Brothers University
office: 901-321-3433
email: dbabb <at> cbu.edu

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Re: NetLibrary and 856-field tips

Bret,

We have a Sirsi > EZproxy > netLibrary setup that, I think, is
truly sweet. To see how we implement it, go to bearcat.nyit.edu
(our OPAC) and search on the term "netlibrary." My method uses
only _one_ 856 field, which ushers all users through our EZproxy
server (named arktos.nyit.edu ... "Arktos" is Greek for "bear,"
which is our school mascot). I batch-process netLibrary MARC
records using a free utility named MarcEdit -- available at
http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html. Download it and
try it out.

Using MarcEdit, I edit netLibrary 856 fields using a simple cut/paste
process. A typical, raw netLibrary 856/URL might look like this:

http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=11111

For large batches, I'll search for "http://www.netlibrary.com/" and
replace the string with "http://arktos.nyit.edu/login?url=http://www.netlibrary.com/."
[Actually, to avoid duplication, I'll search for "$uhttp://www.netlibrary.com/"
and replace with "$uhttp//arktos...."]

The finished URL would look like this:
http://arktos.nyit.edu/login?url=http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=11111

MarcEdit is handy for other tasks, too. I also use it to batch-remove
MARC fields that we don't want to show up in our OPAC.

Offhand, the only "important consideration" I can think of is a
caveat regarding your site's proxy method. The foregoing processes

RE: Original Sources

Deborah,

We were never able to get Original Sources to work off campus.  The
technician I talked to at Britannica indicated that the problem was caused
by Britannica proxying users as well, ultimately connecting to a third site
where the content resides.  The final server doesn't seem able to deal with
the double proxying.

Hope this helps,
Lisa

Lisa McNamara
Automation/Reference Librarian
Doherty Library
University of St. Thomas
mcnamal <at> stthom.edu
713-942-5972

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Babb [mailto:dbabb <at> cbu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:28 AM
To: EZProxy discussion list
Subject: [ezproxy] Original Sources

Does anyone have Original Sources (database from Britannica and Western
Standard Publishing Company) configured to work with EZproxy?  I tried
this, but when authenticating from off-campus, the database is still
prompting users for a username and password (for the database, not EZproxy).

This is what I tried:

x86_64 compiled for linux version of EZproxy?

Re: x86_64 compiled for linux version of EZproxy?

> Is there a 64 bit version of ezproxy (Mandrake linux)?

There isn't a separate 64-bit version of EZproxy provided.  The existing 
32-bit version should operate just fine on this platform.

Chris

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