Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Managing the transition to OCLC's Hosted Proxy Service without losing your mind.

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Managing the transition to OCLC's Hosted Proxy Service without losing your mind.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 1:15 PM–1:30 PM CST

Room 103

Conference Track

1. Managing e-Resources & Licensing

Keywords

Hosted EZProxy, Alumni access

Learning Objectives

understand the steps that need to be taken to transition to a hosted proxy server, plan for a smooth transition to a new proxy server, avoid some of the mistakes that I made.

Abstract

Grand Canyon University Library transitioned from locally hosting EZProxy to the OCLC Hosted Service. This change was made to provide access to library databases in a more cost effective manner and to provide alumni with access to a subset of databases. This presentation will share the process of that transition.