[WEB4LIB] academic library intranets

[Dan Lester]

Monday, February 11, 2002, 8:08:26 AM, you wrote:
DB> We have just been given a location on our college intranet.  When accessed
DB> from off campus the intranet requires a username/password to get to it.  I
DB> just moved our architecture slide collection to it.  Other than obvious
DB> things such as online ILL forms and electronic course reserve, what types of
DB> things are put on to such an intranet?

Does the login and password mean that students and faculty can access
the things on the intranet?  If so, the things you include make sense.
If not, I hope you'll consider making those resources available off
campus.

To my way of thinking the above sounds more like an implementation of
services that require authenticated access, which doesn't seem
different from what you do for databases you license.  Our library
intranet includes items that are probably of interest to library staff
only, such as information from the Social Committee on forthcoming
events, monthly acquisitions and cataloging statistics, minutes of
meetings, and so forth.  Several corporate intranets with which I'm
familiar include the same types of things, those that are of interest
to, or should only be available to, employees of the organization.

cheers

dan

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