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Where is Athens?
From 4 August 2009 access to the resources of the ESRC Census Programme is available to users whose organisations
have signed up to the
UK Access Management Federation
(UKAMF). This means that the Athens login option is no longer available.
The new login directs the user to the UKAMF institution list from which they select their institution. They then
log in using their normal institutional username and password.
This change will have no significant effect for most users. Many organisations which continue to use Athens will
have also joined the UKAMF (see the Federation’s
current membership)
and their users will simply use the new login option. Some users in this position may be asked for information
before proceeding to access resources, but this will simply be to facilitate the identification of their record in
the authentication database.
However, there are some organisations which have not joined the Federation and they will not be in the organisation
list. If users cannot find their organisation in the list they should, in the first instance, contact their
organisation’s IT department, which will be able to confirm the position. If users still feel there may be a
problem they can contact
help@census.ac.uk.
If an organisation switches from using Athens usernames and passwords to a different institutional login, their
users, when attempting to access resources of the ESRC Census Programme with the new credentials, will be prompted
to provide the First name, Family name, Institution, Email address and memorable word registered with us. This will
allow existing user records to be updated with their new credentials.