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Re: Authorized Users Question
I have to chime in as well -- there are no free lunches. Until we develop a ubiquitous way of screening our own users coming in via AOL- like vendors who want access to commercial web resources, and are able to prevent people for whom we are not paying the license agreement from getting at a publisher's resources -- I don't think we can expect a publisher to not be concerned. Anthony W. Ferguson Associate University Librarian Columbia University Libraries Tel. 212-854-7401 (NEW NUMBER!!!!!!) Fax. 212-222-0331 Net: ferguson@Columbia.edu > I usually just lurk and learn on this list, but as someone who is an > "authorized user" let me respond to David Mirchin's question: > > "For example, for a New York State consortium which will be accessing over > the internet, is it reasonable that the access be limited to computers in > the State of New York? " > > No, it is not reasonable. In a highly mobile society, the library > resources licensed for any particular user population should be available > to that population regardless of their physical location. I have utilized > the electronic resources of my "home" library from my laptop in hotel > rooms around the country, as well as from public access PCs in other > libraries. The right to use the resources belongs with the individual > represented by the institution, not to a physical location. That is one > of the primary advantages of electronic information. > > > Diane Mayo > Information Partners, Inc. > 2697 Euclid Heights Blvd., Suite 3 > Cleveland, Ohio 44106 > 216-397-9875 voice > 216-932-4980 fax
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