[WEB4LIB] Allowing Downloads

[Elizabeth A Reiten]

Our Systems department has our public access machines locked down (using 
Fortres, apparently) so that patrons can download to floppy disks only. 
Occasionally something winds up on the C: drive, but when we reboot the 
machines, everything non-standard is cleaned out.  And we have a student 
employee reboot all the machines first thing in the morning.

If you'd like more information, I can get you an appropriate email 
address.

Beth Reiten, Librarian
Digital Library Services
Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Phone: 405-744-9109
Email: reitene at okstate.edu




"Tom Ryan" <tryan at server.silo.lib.ia.us>
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We are constantly having problems with patrons downloading files from the 
internet to the public terminals.

We currently do not have a policy against downloads, and would like to 
know what other librarys do about downloads.

I would like as many responses as I can get.

Thanks,
Tom Ryan
Computer Systems Tech.
Council Bluffs Public Library



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