[Web4lib] question about ezproxy for selective content delivery

[Shaw Yu]

I don't think there is any problem of doing this. EZproxy's group 
function, along with group functions in LDAP or other user 
directories/databases, will work well with something like this.

Shaw Yu      (804) 828-0032
Systems Librarian
Virginia Commonwealth University

Karl Suhr wrote:

> Is it possible to use EZproxy for selective content delivery?
>  As a 'for instance': our academic library is interested in clearly 
> delineating what databases are accessible to which users 
> (students/faculty/staff vs. general public)  from off campus.  Right 
> now, links to individual databases are routed through EZproxy and 
> authenticated that way.  Would it be possible route the link to our 
> databases page through EZproxy, and depending on the nature of the 
> login, serve one page or another?
>
> In other words,from off campus a student would click on 'find 
> articles' on our library home page (library.semo.edu if that provides 
> any helpful context), enters his/her campus id & password and is 
> served a page to Proquest and all the other fee-based databases plus 
> Pubmed etc.   On the other hand, a local patron clicks on 'find 
> articles', is instructed, if not a student/staff/faculty, to enter 
> 'public' and '12345' for login and password, and is served a page with 
> just the 'free' databases listed. ( Walk in use is available for all 
> patron types, btw)
>
>  So to make a long story short? Can EZProxy do something like this? 
> Has anybody implemented something like this, and if so, are there any 
> caveats or gotcha's to be aware of?
>
>  I'm trying to find an alternative to, say, using little icons to 
> indicate if a particular database requires a login.  Any other 
> suggestions toward that goal would be most welcome, too.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karl
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