Re: security issues (was JSTOR)

[David Goodman <dgoodman@Princeton.EDU>]

The exceptions (for which Jill and I and many of us) have had to accept
such licenses are mainly in the social sciences, particularly law and
business. David Goodman

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Tom Williams wrote:

> Hi Jill,
> 
> I'm not sure which publisher you're referring to that "we are all aware
> of."  However, walk-in access IS and HAS been a deal-breaker for us.  I'm
> not aware of any exceptions we've made.  Having said that, people cannot
> just come in to the library and willy-nilly sit down at a terminal and do
> whatever they want.  All users have to log-in to the system with
> individual IDs.  In the case of walk-in users, once we determine that thay
> are legitimate users (not information brokers and the like) we log them on
> with a library ID for specific periods of time.  We do charge them a fee
> by the 1/2 hour to partially cover our costs of providing the service
> (computer upgrades & the like).
> 
> As a resource library for NLM and as a public facility (State) we have a
> certain obligation to provide services to the community.
> 
> --
> Thomas L. Williams, AHIP
> twilliam@bbl.usouthal.edu