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Shibboleth signs up Exact Editions
Kim Thomas
Exact Editions, which offers digital access to dozens of UK magazines such as The Ecologist, Press Gazette and Prospect, and to international magazines such as Le Monde Diplomatique, has implemented the Shibboleth authentication system for institutions.
Shibboleth is open source software that enables institutional users to access multiple online systems through a single sign-on.
Daryl Rayner, managing director of ExactEditions, said: "These are magazines that haven't been delivered in this sort of format before, because they have been considered consumer titles."
Rayner said Exact Editions had begun life by offering digital subscriptions to individuals, but subsequently attracted a lot of interest from academic libraries. That initial interest was ...