[Web4lib] Plug-ins

[Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library]

I keep all of the computers with Java, Shockwave, Flash, WMP11, Adobe
Acrobat 8, and generally go around every 3-4 months & do a major update
session on them if they need it. They are generally all we ever get asked
about.

Terry Caudle
Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library
library at vci.net
www.publiclibrary.org


Greetings,

What do you do about requests to add plug-ins to your web browsers?
We've got common ones installed, but there are many more out there that
we don't know about until we're asked about it. We just had a request to
add one so a college student could take a math test.  Our security setup
doesn't allow users to download or install executables so any time one
needs adding the staff calls me. After researching it I added it, but
I'm wondering how others deal with this issue. Do you add on a case by
case basis, deny all requests for anything other than standard plug-ins,
etc?

Gair
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Gair Helfrich, MLS
Supervising Librarian
Information & Technical Services Manager
Atlantic County Library
40 Farragut Avenue
Mays Landing, NJ 08330

609-625-2776 ext. 6327  Fax: 609-625-8143
ghelfrich at aclsys.org

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