Tag Archives: ezproxy

Activity Data from Proxy logfiles

Posted on July 25, 2011 by admin

As we reach the end of the RISE project we are trying to summarise a lot of the things that we have learnt about the data and systems that we are using to help others who might look at emulating … Continue reading →

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Licensing and reuse of software and data

Posted on July 22, 2011 by admin

Background The RISE database uses data from the log files of the EZProxy system that the Open University uses to allow off-campus users to connect to electronic resources.  Searches carried out by users through the RISE search interface and RISE … Continue reading →

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EZProxy and activity data

Posted on July 13, 2011 by admin

EZProxy pros and cons What RISE has demonstrated to us is that using proxy server logfiles from EZProxy as the source of your recommendations has some major limitations (in comparison with OpenURL data at least).  In part this is due to limitations in the … Continue reading →

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RISE EZProxy parser step by step

Posted on July 12, 2011 by admin

We thought that it might be useful to set out step by step how we get from an EZProxy logfile entry to a set of bibliographic data that we can use in the display of our recommendations.  As a minimum … Continue reading →

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Project update February

Posted on March 7, 2011 by admin

Project startup The project is now into the second month and we’ve covered quite a lot of ground already.  Apart from setting up the usual project processes, blogs and getting everything running we’ve pushed on with starting the technical build … Continue reading →

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