Hi,
At the CILIP Wales conference I heard about a project to provide walk in access, more info here www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/wales/news/.../walk-in-access-wales-toolkit-published.asp
Laura
> On 8 Oct 2013, at 16:15, Hannah Britcher <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> At University of Portsmouth we too have found more and more individuals who
> are not current students or staff wanting to access our e-resources. I have
> been investigating our e-resource licences and found a whole spectrum of
> answers as to who can access the resources - some contracts strictly allow
> access to current staff and students, other companies allow wider access
> for walk in users, some for free and some requiring extra payment. I have
> not found any resource offering off campus access for non students and
> staff.
>
> At our library I am part of a working group looking at walk in user access
> to our resources. We are working with our IT department to look at ways in
> which a PC could be set up with restricted access to only those e-resources
> which allow walk in user access. Solutions which we have investigated at so
> far are quite complicated, so I would also be interested to hear how other
> libraries have managed this.
>
> --
> Hannah Britcher
> Team Leader, Procurement & Metadata
> University Library
> University of Portsmouth
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>> On 8 October 2013 15:58, Janet Waters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Philip
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>> Hi
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>> Your licences to online e-resources are for students and staff at your
>> institution so anyone else can't have access.
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>> Some suppliers I believe will allow external users to access but each
>> supplier will have their own fee depending on numbers and caveats. It is
>> something you will have to negotiate with them. It will also be if your
>> institution is happy to pay.
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>> If a learner or teacher is a member of your institution they can have
>> access but not otherwise
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>> Hope that helps, email me directly if you prefer
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>> Janet
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>> Janet Waters
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>> Head of Learning Resources Centres
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>> Wiltshire College
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>> Salisbury
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>> 01722344325
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>> [log in to unmask]
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>> www.wiltshire.ac.uk
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and
>> discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Philip Cohen
>> Sent: 08 October 2013 15:42
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Non-Standard Users
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>> This message may look like one I posted last week headed 'CoreHR Users'.
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>> That elicited little response.
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>> So I'm hoping for something better by broadening out the question to
>> something less specific ...
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>> Growing numbers of people are attached to my institution who are neither
>> paid staff nor students e.g. Honorary Lecturers, Adjunct Professors,
>> Visiting Researchers, Fulbright Scholars, Research Active Retired Staff ...
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>> Invariably, they require access to our online library resources.
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>> How do others manage this process, please?
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>> TIA
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>> Philip Cohen
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