Jane
Thanks for bringing this to the list. We have exactly the same issue and
were saying yesterday it would be useful to know who else will have a
problem. Our IT Department have made it clear they can not support
digital editions or place on our student network. After the new year we
will (potentially) be left with offering the service to off campus users
only which is a retrograde step.
Regards
Ellie Clark-Webster
Library Customer Services Manager
Frenchay Campus
University of the West of England, Bristol
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1QY
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Subject: SED and digital editions
This is a rather specific query, but as I am not aware of a discussion
list/forum for users of the BL SED service, I thought I would try the
lis-link and see what happens..
We use the BL SED service and get journal article requests delivered
directly to our users. This works fine, by and large, for our staff, who
have their own dedicated workstations, and also for students accessing
these at home or via own laptops. However, we have a real problem with
our workstations in LRCs, where students log in with a 'roaming profile'
, because BL will be requiring all users of SEDs to use Adobe digital
editions (instead of Adobe 7).
"From early 2009, the Digital Rights Management (DRM) software that
provides the encryption for your SED documents will no longer be
supported. From that time, Adobe Digital Editions will be required to
receive SED documents. "
Our technical support has contacted an HE technical forum and received
messages agreeing that this is a real problem (Bangor, Dundee, Napier,
Lincoln and others), but I am just wondering why I have heard nothing
from the libraries front. Is this an issue for colleagues, and if so,
how are you handling it?
Pls pass this on to relevant colleagues - and apologies if this is of no
interest to you! Thanks, Jane
Jane Arthur
Assistant Director
Learning & Information Services
University of Hertfordshire
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Hatfield
Herts
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