We have a flat rule - we don't support Username/Password.  We don't activate
single IP access nor single building access.  Our IP's roam so we cannot
locally control how the IPs are assigned since IT has put all the public IPs
(classrooms, labs, reference) in a single range --  any titles with those
limitations are not online.

Since there are publishers on the list, I will comment that is not a good
thing for a publication to limit access even though you might think for
strategic reasons it is and worry about cancellation of individual
subscriptions.

No online access = low use if any.  Low use = cancellation.

We dropped 230 titles this year due to budget.  90% were print only and the
cancellations were heavily based on use.  Titles which were used were not
canceled - titles that were not used were canceled.  That included many
titles which once might have been considered core for a college library.

So I would argue that moving past access restrictions and getting the titles
used should be a primary concern to publishers since once we cancel titles -
it is unlikely we will ever add them back.

Mike

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Mike Poulin
Digital Resources Librarian & Coordinator of Digital Initiatives
Colgate University Libraries
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346
315-228-7025
fax: 315-228-7934
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Bill Barker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Helen,
>
> Our policy is pretty much the same as others,
> * We only use these as a last resort if IP recognition is not available
> or if a site wide licence is prohibitively expensive.
> * Only if access is not restricted to a named individual.
> * Only if U&P does not contain personal details e.g. the email of the
> person who placed the order.
> * U&P held on secure intranet.
>
> Bill Barker
> Assistant Librarian, Serials
> Library, London School of Economics and Political Science
> 10 Portugal Street
> London, WC2A 2HD
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6740
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: An informal open list set up by UKSG - Connecting the Information
> Community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen
> Beton
> Sent: 24 February 2010 10:05
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] Allocated username and password access
> Importance: High
>
> Hi all,
>
> Canterbury Christ Church University would be interested to hear how
> other institutions are handling e-resources which are authenticated via
> an allocated username and password only.  Our current print and online
> subscription to 'Broadcast' falls into this category and we have delayed
> activating our online access due to concerns about being able to
> restrict access to members of our institution.  How have other
> institutions resolved this issue or do you discount such subscriptions
> as unfeasible?  Do institutions use SFX and/or Metalib to display
> password information and, if so, is there a way to display the
> information for institutional members only, e.g. not 'Guest' users?
>
> Please feel free to contact me off list if preferred and I will
> summarise any responses received to the list.
>
> Thanks very much for your assistance.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Helen
>
> Helen Beton
> Library Computing Officer
> Library Services
> Canterbury Christ Church University
> North Holmes Road
> Canterbury
> Kent
> CT1 1QU
> 01227 782704
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