The University of Manchester implemented Lean Library to connect students with library resources at their point of need, increasing awareness of library services, driving traffic to library collections, and helping users access relevant content directly within their online research workflows.
“The extension detects when a user opens a website with material licensed by the library (such as a publisher’s website) and automatically notifies them of this, providing a link that will bypass the need to login to the website. It integrates with EZproxy authentication. The extension allows the library to provide a specific message when visiting a website (for example, that a service is temporarily unavailable or that the Library recommends an alternative site).”