Controlling patron internet access time

[Sue Debenham]

Hello.  My name is Susan and I am librarian working for the North York 
Public Library in North York, Ontario.  We have a user education training 
room with 10 internet terminals.  When we are not holding classes we open 
the room to the public and ask that people please limit their time to one 
hour per day.  What we are finding is that people will stay on the 
internet terminals for two or three hours at a time.  I am very 
interested in hearing how other libraries have managed to control time 
limits for patrons on internet terminals.  At the moment we have five 
other internet terminals in our public area that require sign-up sheets 
and some staff monitoring.  Has anyone found a software or programming 
solution to this dilema that would have the terminal/Netscape shut off after 
one hour so that others may have a turn?  We are using Windows NT 3.51 
and Netscape 3.0.   Any information or advice would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Susan

Susan Debenham 		                      sdebenha at nypl.north-york.on.ca
Central Library                	              +1 416 395-5617

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