Loading personal or library software

[Bennett, Roy - WOU Library]

Currently, our campus computer labs do not allow students to load 
and run personal software on lab computers. At the library, we do 
not accommodate this either. Example: a student with a CD-ROM 
from a textbook. The same is true for library-owned software. The 
library does not load or allow students to load any software. We do 
not load software from books or journals that we own. The software, 
usually a CD-ROM, can be checked out. We are reviewing this 
policy now.  

Do any libraries provide a computer for people to load their own 
software? If so, how long do you keep it available?

How about library-owned software? For example, a disc that comes 
with a book. Will your library load that software on demand? Or do 
you tell patrons to take that software home or somewhere else to 
use?


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Roy Bennett
Coordinator of Library Computer Services
& Documents Librarian
Western Oregon University Library
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, OR 97361-1396

Email:  bennetr at wou.edu
Voice:  (503) 838-8893
Fax:    (503) 838-8399
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