Thanks to the help of BCTC, we’ve got the login working again in LibGuides that lets you use your regular Baruch username and password as an alternative to your LibGuides credentials.
When you go to login, you’ll see the familiar login screen:
On the right side where it says “You may also login using,” click on “Baruch Username and Password,” which will take you to this page to enter those credentials:
The first time you enter your credentials, you’ll get a verification page from Springshare checking that it’s OK for your username (but not password) to be shared with Springshare:
Click “Do Not Ask Me Again” and the “Accept” button and you’ll then be passed on into LibGuides. The next time you go to login, you won’t see this verification page again.
For those interested in the technical side of things, this new set up uses Shibboleth, which is an open-source project that allows for a single sign-on experience in systems that would otherwise require separate credentials for logging in. In the coming year, you can expect to see more systems that will use Shibboleth here at Baruch and across CUNY to simplify the process of logging into different services.
