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SUMMARY

There are 5 different types of authentication available to ILLiad users with a default install:

Basic ILLiad Authentication is the default option. This version allows the user to select a username and password and register with the system. They are placed in a queue for the staff user to review, who can then allow access, or disavow the user, automatically cancelling all of their requests.

LDAP Authentication is another type of authentication available to ILLiad users. If you have an LDAP server with an authoritative database of users, you can point ILLiad to it for authenticating users as they log in. This is a live link and is used at each logon.

Importing an Authentication Database is another available option. From an OPAC or similar system, you can download patron information into a file format that is compatible with SQL Server, then import those entries into the ImportValidation table in ILLiad. Users are checked against this list when they register (using the model in the Basic ILLiad Authentication above) and if they are in the list, skip the staff review queue. If they are not in the list, they are still allowed to register, but then must be reviewed. You can import block information as well.

Implementing a User Gateway using an Authentication Database is another option. This way works similarily to the Importing an Authentication Database, but will not allow access to patrons not in the Authentication Database.

III's PatronAPI is an option for Innopac sites who have purchased this module from III. A user will register with ILLiad, giving the system in one of the registration fields their "patron number". This matches to a number within the Innopac system and is used for validating the registration as well as for subsequent logons to the system. This can be set to be exclusive (allow only people within this database access) or non-exclusive. Fines, blocks, and expirations are all carried over to ILLiad as well.

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