IOP now compliant with Shibboleth

Taken from LIS-E-RESOURCES (JISC List Serv):

"IOP Publishing is now fully Shibboleth compliant in the UK.

From now on, users from Shibboleth compliant institutions can sign-in to our Electronic Journals service or to IOPscience using their institutional ID and password to gain access, on- or off-campus, to their subscribed IOP Publishing content.

Our special thanks go to the following librarians and information specialists who have helped us during the testing phase:

Rachel Mason - University of Sheffield
Lizz Jennings -University of Bath
Sarah Thompson -University of York
Heather McEwen - Glasgow Caledonian University
Gregor Thomson - Imperial College London
Ruth Cooper - Imperial College London
Paul Cave - University of Leeds

You can link to Shibboleth help topics on either of our electronic
platforms:

Electronic Journal service:
http://www.iop.org/EJ/help/-topic=shibboleth/subs/-view=product

IOPscience: http://iopscience.iop.org/page/aboutioppublishing (click 'institutional login' from the menu on the right-hand side)

Be assured that access via Athens and IP addresses will still continue to be available for institutions who are not Shibboleth compliant. Please contact our Customer Service Department at custserv@iop.org us if you have any questions about this or any other aspect of our Shibboleth compliancy."

Interestingly, they go on to say that:

"Our next steps will be to start work with other international federations in response to demand from our customer base. If you belong to a Shibboleth federation and would like to be able to access your subscribed IOP Publishing content via Shibboleth, please contact me at laura.shaw@iop.org."