O'Reilly Media has launched a new platform for Safari Books Online (also called O'Reilly for Higher Education), which is now available in HoyaSearch. The new platform contains over 40,000 books, plus videos, learning paths, and O'Reilly Conference videos. The book title list contains over 98% of the most popular titles from the classic Safari collection.
What's Changing
The collection is moving to a completely new platform, featuring new searching and reading functionality. You'll notice some of the following major points:
- Unlimited simultaneous users (a change from the 10 simultaneous users on the old Safari platform)
- Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication for users (not through EZproxy), permitting users to automatically create reading lists, set language preferences, and subscribe to email updates without manually creating an account. Users will be asked to enter their Georgetown email address before being directed to the familiar Georgetown NetID login screen.
- Note: This change eliminates access to walk-in users.
- Access to video and text-based "Learning Paths," or curated modules on concepts and technologies, previously unavailable in the classic Safari.
Classic Safari
O'Reilly Media will be sunsetting the classic Safari platform for Georgetown users on January 19, 2019. At that time, all titles directly linked to the classic platform will cease working - O'Reilly is not providing redirecting services. URLs will need to be swapped out for those pointing to titles on the new platform. O'Reilly is not providing a shortcut for recreating URLs from the old platform to the new. Between now and the sunset date, the classic Safari will be available in HoyaSearch in parallel with the new Safari.
Access and Linking
Access to the new Safari Books Online package is available now in HoyaSearch. Links to the classic Safari Books Online platform in the Databases A-Z list will be swapped out at the close of the Fall 2018 semester.
Direct links are possible on the new Safari platform. As the new Safari platform uses SSO authentication, the proxy URL should not be added. To link to a specific title in the new Safari platform, the characters "/?ar" must be added to direct users through the SSO system. For example, a book with the following URL:
should be provided to users as
This information has also been included in the library's FAQ system.
We recognize that this is migration affects a significant, high-use collection of materials in the middle of the academic year. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the E-Resources & Serials Unit at eresources@georgetown.edu
Posted 20 December 2018, 14:13 ET