Re: Charging more for remote access

[Shelly Warwick <swarwick@way.com>]

This is the same pattern we've seen in our library, but at the
University and College level.  I think the vendors fear (and probably
quite likely) that if services are accessible from home, even with a
password, that the  password will rapidly spread, and that a sale to
single college will be the only sale it makes as other use the resource
remotely.  I imagine as better user identification technology emerges it
will be easier to neogiate remote access sites.

I do know that some of the services are available on any computer in
campus connected to the 'Net, and that some services, due to cost, are
limited to only computers in the library.

Shelly Warwick
Newman Library, Baruch College, CUNY
swarwick@way.com

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