ILL forms on Web

[Jerilyn Veldof]

On Tue, 13 Feb 1996, William Oldfield wrote:

> 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.

If I'm interpreting this right this means that non-affiliated 
users from the community need only come into the library to order ILL 
materials - as long as they are using a machine with the UW domain.  Is 
this correct?  Do you feel that this is not much of a "problem" and that
it's cheaper or more efficient in the long run than is setting up user 
authentication?  

Jerilyn Veldof
University of Arizona Library


> 
> 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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