The Road to SIMPLIFIED REMOTE ACCESS.

REMOTE access networks; DIGITAL libraries; ONLINE information services; INFORMATION resources management; ATTITUDE (Psychology); GROUP identity; LIBRARY public services; DATA security; INFORMATION technology

The article highlights the benefits of the SeamlessAccess simplified remote access service to the user experience at Dahlgren Memorial Library (DML) of the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Topics discussed include the initiation of the electronic collection of DML in the late 1990s, significance of the transition of DML from Internet Protocol (IP)-based authentication to a federated authentication solution, and the potential of the service to reduce security problems.