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Re: licensing for hands-on room
Ovid has a provision in its software for the tutorial room situation. It essentially allows access to the full search and database system, but limits printing and downloading. Jim Morgan morganj@iupui.edu On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Gretchen McCord Hoffmann wrote: > I know this topic has been discussed before, but I dont' think it has > been recently, and things change so quickly. We are in the process of > planning a hands-on instruction room with 15 student workstations. I'd > like to know how others are dealing with the issue of simulataneous users > in this type of situation. I know some libraries get permission to use > older issues of CD databases with limitless users for instruciton > purposes only, but we are slowly getting rid of our CD's and getting most > of our databases via Web now. The vendors I'm most interested in are > FirstSearch, Ovid, and SPIRS. Can anyone share their experiences in > dealing with these vendors in addressing this issue, and any tips that > might be useful? > > I'll summarize any responses I receive directly. > > Thanks again for your help, > Gretchen > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Gretchen McCord Hoffmann I want to be thoroughly used up > Coordinator of Library Instruction when I die...Life is no "brief > University of Houston Libraries candle" to me. It is a sort of > gmhoffmann@uh.edu splendid torch which I have got > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% hold of for the moment, and I want > All opinions and ideas expressed to make it burn as brightly as > above are products of my own possible before handing it on to > bizarre thought processes. future generations. > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% --George Bernard Shaw > > >
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