Semantico implements Shibboleth 2 compliance for Koninklijke Brill

Jan. 26, 2011 - PRLog -- Compliance with the latest Shibboleth release covers Brill Online, Brill Linguistic Bibliographies, Brill Nijhoff and Brill eBooks.

Alongside the upgrade, Koninklijke Brill has extended Shibboleth coverage across Europe. Users in Spain, France, Germany and the UK will now be able to log in using Shibboleth authentication.

Access to the sites is controlled by SAMS, Semantico's industry-leading access management software. SAMS has been specifically developed for publishers who have to manage the complex authentication issues created when students, academics and professionals access publisher platforms through institutional subscriptions. SAMS lets publishers identify institutions and users with permission to access content, and keeps subscription information up to date in a central location. The system has extensive reporting and tracking features to help publishers get the most from customer and usage data.

Sam Bruinsma, Business Development Director, Koninklijke Brill, said: ‘Shibboleth’s single sign-on makes it much easier for academic users to discover, access and use our Online Resources from any location connected to the Internet throughout the world. It allows access to our resources while working at home or doing research at another institute.  We are very pleased with this important service to our library customers and with the upgrade Semantico has implemented. ’

Richard Padley, Managing Director, Semantico, said ‘This upgrade has allowed us to make Koninklijke Brill's Shibboleth compliance more up to date and its coverage more extensive. Shibboleth 2 is increasingly seen as standard by our many publishing clients. We're delighted to have successfully implemented this upgrade.’

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Koninklijke Brill NV
Brill is an internationally oriented, academic publisher located in Leiden since 1683 and listed at the Amsterdam stock exchange. The majority of the programs are in Ancient Near East and Egypt; Middle East and Islamic Studies; Asian Studies (incl. Hotei imprint); Classical Studies; Medieval and Early Modern Studies; Biblical and Religious Studies; Slavic Studies; Biology; Science (VSP imprint); Human Rights and Public International Law (Martinus Nijhoff imprint). The mainly English language publications consist to a large extent of (book) series, encyclopaedias and journals. In principle publications are made available in both print and electronic form. Under the imprint of IDC Publishers a large number of collections with primary sources are marketed in the above-named academic fields. Brill’s major markets are Europe, the United States and Japan. The majority of customers are academic institutes and libraries. www.brill.nl

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