RE: Distribution of Passwords

["Morgan, James J" <morganj@iupui.edu>]

In our case we link the proxy server to our other campus systems, so the
faculty and students can use the same ID and password as they use for
email and other university systems.

Jim Morgan
Educational Technology
Indiana University School of Medicine
(317) 274-1408;morganj@iupui.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Cassidy [mailto:jcassidy@westernu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:11 PM
To: 'liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu'
Subject: Distribution of Passwords


We recently set up a proxy server to allow remote access to our electronic
resources. My question to the list is how do you distribute passwords to
faculty and students? Prior to the proxy server I e-mailed passwords for
our databases to the faculty and offered passwords to our distance
students only, sometimes through e-mail and sometimes over the phone. I
remember when I was in college we received the proxy passwords in class
from an instructor, never through e-mail. Just wondering what most
libraries are doing.

Thanks!

Jennifer Cassidy
Systems Librarian
Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library