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The Five Colleges each provide various borrowing privileges to groups that are neither employed at nor attending the schools. These patrons may be alums, local residents, state residents, or others. To access the “My Account” features of Discovery, including requests and loan information, these patrons will need to have accounts created for them in Open Athens as well as in FOLIO.
Create unaffiliated user record in FOLIO using the following conventions:
User information:
Last name: Last name
First name: First name
Patron group: [relevant patron group]
Expiration date:
Barcode: [patron barcode]
Extended information:
External system ID: [patron barcode]@[institution].edu
Username: [patron barcode]
Contact information:
Email: email address
Phone: phone number
In OpenAthens (https://admin.openathens.net/?org=########)
From the OpenAthens Dashboard click on Create account
Choose a username: [patron barcode]
Login by email address: leave checked
Expires on: Choose expiration date
Create account and: Leave checked “Email an activation code to the user”
Click Next
First name(s):
Last name:
Email address: [email address in FOLIO]
Click Next
Group: Select a group (if using - can create a new group from here)
Skip all except the last field on this page
externalSystemID: [patron barcode]@[institution].edu (External system ID from FOLIO) - this MUST match exactly
Click Next
Click Create account
You will see a green success pop-up at the top of the screen and an account activation email is sent to the email address above. [Example of email is below]
Example of email to borrower:
Follow the link to activate your account:
https://login.openathens.net/activateaccount?username=amh210212300&activation_code=
Here is your OpenAthens username: amh2102123002
If you cannot follow the link, please copy and paste it into your browser.
Having troubles? Contact Amherst College Library at library@amherst.edu or library@amherst.edu
All the best.
Your OpenAthens account support
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