13 February 2019
OCLC is partnering with the Couperin.org Consortium, the French non-profit that developed ezPAARSE software with the CNRS Institute for Scientific Information, with the aim of enhancing OCLC's EZproxy authentication software with analytics features and expanding the use of ezPAARSE outside of France.
EZproxy access and authentication software allows libraries to deliver e-content through a single sign-in using existing library-issued credentials, such as a library card number and PIN or username and password.
A new analytics option for users of the hosted service will enrich EZproxy log data to illustrate, in detail, how a library's users are accessing subscribed electronic resources. The new feature will offer dashboard-style analytics and data visualisations through a dedicated web interface, as well as the ability to generate custom reports.
OCLC plans to pilot functionality of these analytics features with a small number of libraries that are current users of EZproxy hosted, including Claremont Colleges, Sonoma State University, University of New England, University of Manchester, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Audencia Business School.
OCLC expects to offer this functionality as an add-on to EZproxy hosted customers in the first half of 2019. To protect privacy, all usage data will continue to reside on the institution's own EZproxy hosted server.