Saving large files on public workstations

[Jean-Marc Edwards]

Hi,

I am wondering how other university libraries are dealing with this 
issue:

Our users would like to download large PDF files but sometimes those 
files are too large to fit on a regular diskette of 1,44 MB. They are 
also very large to send over email. Those PDF files are usually 
full-text articles from electronic journals or databases such as 
ABI/Inform on ProQuest Direct.

How do you deal with this issue ?

Do you provide workstations with Zip drives ? or what other solutions 
have you implemented that would be beneficial for other list members  
to know.
Jean-Marc Edwards
Division des systèmes 
Bibliothèques de l'Université d'Ottawa
Courriel : jedwards at uottawa.ca