[WEB4LIB] Proxy servers

[Richard L. Goerwitz III]

> How do we convince our computer centers and administrators of the
> necessity for remote users to have the same ease of access as on-
> campus users?

I don't know if you intended to post this note to the list, but your
query merits some response:  If your computer centers and administrat-
ors don't understand the importance of access for remote users, then
they should find other work.

I work in a university setting, and we have professors on sabbatical;
students, professors, and staff who don't live on-campus; affiliated
(e.g., medical school faculty) in off-site clinics; graduate students
doing fieldwork (the list goes on and on).  All of these people need
off-site access to on-campus resources.  No competent university af-
filiated IS department worth its salt can hang these constituencies
out to dry.

Richard Goerwitz
Brown University