[WEB4LIB] Saving large files on public workstations

[Kathy P. Wheeler]

We are beginning to deal with this issue now because of Dissertation 
Abstracts. No solutions yet. I'd be interested in anything about this.

Kathy Wheeler                    e-mail: kwheeler at jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Electronic Services Librarian    
University Library
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL  36688
homepage: http://library.southalabama.edu

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Jean-Marc Edwards wrote:

> 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
>