OpenAthens Ideas Portal

We're always looking for ways to improve our products, and we'd love your input to help us make that happen. Your suggestions will guide us in deciding where we should focus our future research and development.

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Here’s how the portal is organised:

  • Librarians (Identity Providers): Share ideas that help organisations that manage user identities and provide access to online content and services. This includes improving the experience for students and researchers.

  • Publishers (Service Providers): Share ideas for organisations that offer content and services.


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Status Feedback wanted
Workspace Librarians
Categories * Other Resource catalogue
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 12, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

AI Matchmaker for Librarians and Publishers

It is difficult to discover/find publishers that provide the content a library needs. The list of publishers is very long, and it is difficult to dig into each publisher’s catalog and evaluate needs. Using AI, it is now possible to create a “matchmaker” that would allow a librarian to input their content needs, and the AI engine would generate a comprehensive list of publishers with rankings and recommendations. The AI engine could also analyze requests/searches and identify solutions/ make recommendations.

Is this currently impacting your ability to use OpenAthens effectively? No
Idea type Decision aid/blocker, Something new, Time saver
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