Open Athens Workshops Wrap Up Feb Mar 2009

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Workshop Wrap-up Q&A OpenAthens for UK HE/FE Focusing on value Increasing Investments Engaging with Institutions Wrap Up and final questions

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Closirap Up Feb Mar 2009 V1.0ng remarks from the OpenAthens workshops

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Workshop Wrap-up Q&A

• OpenAthens for UK HE/FE

– Focusing on value

– Increasing Investments

– Engaging with Institutions

• Wrap Up

– and final questions

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Where have we got to with OpenAthens?

• OpenAthens for UK HE/FE – unique subscription covers all components of the OpenAthens framework

– Simple to budget, annual fees

– Easy to implement & manage, flexible technology

– Includes maintenance, support and development

• Adopted by the majority of UK federation members

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Where do we want to get to?

• For institutions – Continue to increase value and reduce risk

– Greater choice– Keep costs predictable and low– Future-proofing

• For IT and Library Administrators – Increase capability and reduce workload

– Increase usability• Configuration and management in IT• Resource entitlement and ad-hoc users in

Library– More functionality

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Where do we want to get to?

• Close engagement with HE/FE IT and Library needs

– External – collaboration and resource access

– Internal – identity, entitlement management and provisioning

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Wrap Up – Final Q&A

Q&A

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Thank You!and please don’t forget to tell us what you think about the

event!