[WEB4LIB] RE: Restricting launches to IP-restricted licensed web services

[Margaret Handrow]

>
>other libraries provide direct, unrestricted links to licensed 
> >services,...the library will also restrict the access to a single 
> >specific library web page that launches the service.

This is an interesting question.  We also provide licensed services for our 
patrons.  The license agreements that we have generally specify in house use 
only.  We have gotten around this for our remote accessing patrons by having 
them dial into a computer server that "talks" to the internet server.  The 
dialed in computer's IP address is recognized by the licensed service as 
being "in house".

Remote access is granted to anyone with a McAllen library card.  We
use the patron's first initial and last name for user name, and the library 
card number for the password.  When the user account is established the 
password is set so that it may only be changed by the system 
administrator(s).


Margaret Handrow
Assistant Director
McAllen Memorial Library
601 North Main
McAllen, TX  78501-4666
voice: 956-682-4531 x 111
fax:   956-682-1183

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