[WEB4LIB] RE: Legit Internet Use

Paul Taylor ptaylor at tln.lib.mi.us
Tue Sep 17 17:12:57 EDT 2002


Enforced time limits will do the job best, and is content-neutral. After x 
amount of time, the user gets the boot (if someone is waiting). This is the 
fairest way to approach the issue, methinks.
-Paul

On Tuesday 17 September 2002 04:27 pm, Michael Sauers wrote:
> > That way we ensure that something will be available for
> > research without having to kick someone off an Internet
> > computer.
>
> Ahh, the 'R' word. Are you implying that there are no 'research' uses for
> the Internet or even that there are no 'non-research' purposes for your
> databases? And, just what should be considered 'research' anyway? You're
> library has Danielle Steele books, right? What are the research purposes of
> those? What right does a librarian have to decide what is 'research' and
> what is not? (Assuming we have the right to know what their doing or why
> they're doing it in the first place.)
>
> (Let the fun begin... ;-)
>
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