Platinum LibraryWorks award for OpenAthens

OpenAthens, the single sign-on library solution, has received a platinum award in LibraryWorks’ eleventh annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs) for the seventh year in a row.

The MLAs were created to recognise the top products and services in the library industry. Only customers with experience of these products and services were permitted to judge, resulting in a truly unbiased score. Each judge scored the product from 1-10 on a series of questions regarding quality, functionality, value, and customer satisfaction.

Commenting on OpenAthens’ total score of 9.24, commercial director Jon Bentley said: “The Modern Library Award means a great deal to the entire OpenAthens team because it comes directly from the community. Over many years, it will be 30 in 2025, we have put the library and the librarian at the heart of our product development. This recognition that we are still helping, supporting and solving issues around digital access gives me hope we will make 60 years!”

This year, OpenAthens celebrates 30 years of expertise and exceptional customer experience. OpenAthens helps more than 3,200 organisations worldwide to provide simple and secure access to online resources for their end users.

OpenAthens can:

• Offer secure single sign-on and IP proxy access as a complete solution, creating a seamless experience for learners and researchers to access library resources wherever they are

• Supply organizations with granular usage statistics using sophisticated reporting tools. Libraries use these to analyze resource engagement and different user groups for budgeting and content licensing purposes.

• Integrate seamlessly with existing library systems, directories, and discovery services to improve the user journey.