There are 2 separate levels of authentication with Lean Library Workspace:
- User Account level authentication (ie logging in to the Workspace website)
- Subscription authentication, which links the logged in user account with an institutional subscription
PLEASE NOTE: The OpenAthens integration only handles the subscription authentication, so separate login to the Workspace site via email/password or Google login will still be required.
First, please check with your librarian to see if OpenAthens is supported for Lean Library Workspace authentication. If it is, there are 2 main flows you can follow to make this work:
- For people that have never been linked with the institutional subscription, they need to go to https://workspace.leanlibrary.com/work/#/profile/subscription/ and there should be a link at the bottom of that page for authenticating via OpenAthens:
- If you've already been given the subscription but your roaming access counter is running low you'll see the OpenAthens link in the 'x days left' popup:
Alternatively, you can use this link to authenticate: https://sciwheel.com/openathens/deeplink?target_link_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fsciwheel.com%2Fwork%2F%23%2Fprofile%2Fsubscription%2F