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athens still in id fight.(on the management of online information resources)

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Byline: Tim Buckley Owen

athens still in id fight

From the dreaming spires of Oxford to the steel and glass of Manchester Met, a quiet revolution is taking place in the esoteric world of higher education access and identity management. At stake is the gateway through which millions of students around the country gain privileged sight of content from publishers like Elsevier, ProQuest and Thomson Scientific.

redolent of erudition

This being academia, it is all being conducted in an immensely civilised way. Even the names of the rival players A- Athens and Shibboleth A- are redolent of erudition. At first sight, Shibboleth seems to be ...

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