ILL forms on Web

[William Oldfield]

Helen...

At UW we simply restrict access to the form and the cgi script to computers
in the UW domain.  Using the .htaccess file for this purpose means that
only users within your institution can submit ILL requests.

It sure beats setting up individual user authentication.

At 4:55 PM 2/9/96, Helen Laurence wrote:
>We have just linked our ILL request forms to our library home page.
>The only real issue for us was how to limit the service
>to patrons affiliated with the University.  Linking to the
>circulation database of valid library card numbers was thought to be
>too problematic.  We finally decided to "require" that a valid ID
>number be submitted on the form and check it manually the same way
>ILL requests on paper are done.  This seems a rather "low-tech"
>solution considering the context. How are others dealing with this?
>
>TIA.
>
>Helen
>
>Dr. Helen Laurence      Library Systems Dept.      (407)367-3789
>Florida Atlantic University, P.O. Box 3092, Boca Raton, FL 33431
>Internet: laurence at acc.fau.edu           Bitnet: laurence at fauvax
>
>
>


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William Oldfield (Networked Information Research Associate)
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