[Eril-l] [EXT] Question about managing on-campus access to e-resources

[Mark Gooch]

I would be surprised if your IT department on campus would allow this.  Required log in is basic computer security and possibly a requirement of insurers and maybe even government requirements.  IT departments have to be able to track users in case there is nefarious activity on the network.  You are fortunate to be able to have some public computers that don’t require a log in.  We have to fight to get any computers that don’t require a log in.  It’s the nature of the 21st century, unfortunately.

Thanks
Mark

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Mark Gooch
Collection Management Librarian
The College of Wooster Libraries
1140 Beall Ave.
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: 330-263-2522
FAX: 330-263-2253
mgooch at wooster.edu


From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Christina Torbert <ctorbert at olemiss.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 10:05 AM
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Subject: [EXT][Eril-l] Question about managing on-campus access to e-resources


This question may be sent to multiple lists. Apologies for duplication.



In our library the only users not required to log in to electronic resources are users on the library’s networked computers, in order to accommodate walk-in users. Over the years, individual faculty have requested that the library open access to the entire campus, so they do not have to “sign in” from their offices. The requests are now echoing more urgently, so my colleague and I are asking questions about how to manage this level of openness without losing too much security and control of access only to authorized users.



Does your institution require authentication for users who are on-campus outside the library? What method of authentication does your institution use to determine who is an authorized user in that situation?



Our library currently uses IP authentication with a proxy service, hosted and library-managed.

Thank you in advance for your collective wisdom.

Christina Torbert
Head of Continuing Resources and Acquisitions
Liaison for Philosophy and Religion
Associate Professor​
J.D. Williams Library
University of Mississippi​
662-915-7059 (o)
662-801-9434 (c)
ctorbert at olemiss.edu
she/hers
Book an appointment with me: https://calendly.com/ctorbert

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