[Web4lib] FW: [DIG_REF] IM & Security

[Leo Robert Klein]

K.G. Schneider wrote:

> I also am a bit concerned how often major product decisions are driven,
> sometimes at very high levels, by "because we can't install IM." 
> 
> I am also concerned that far too many librarians are unfamiliar or
> uncomfortable with IM because they aren't allowed to be exposed to it in a
> work setting. (I mean, think of all the damage you can do with one of those
> rods that run through card-catalog drawers. You could kill someone...)
>  

Yeah, this should be a concern!  It's hard to imagine IM not being a
routine part of the work setting.  IM is how quite a number of people
communicate for everything from the trivial to the essential.  It's a
whole lot better if the IT people solve their security issues AND come
up with solutions to make IM available.

You might as well forbid email.  It's really at that level.

LEO

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