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

[Mike McGuire]

Not adding much info here - our IT department requires dual-factor
authentication for pretty much everything. There are a few computers in the
libraries that can auto login to a really limited account, and that allows
walk-ins to use our IP authenticated stuff. Those computers will ask for
authentication for most campus resources like Google Workspace. We also had
a "checkout-a-password" process for a while, but we can no longer use that
method.

On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 12:14 PM Mark Gooch <MGOOCH at wooster.edu> wrote:

> I should add at one point we create several generic log in accounts with
> passwords.  In order to use them the public patron would need to “check
> them out” and fill out and sign a form so we could track who used it when.
> This process could involve regularly changing the password so someone
> couldn’t just write it down and come back later and use it.  We are no
> longer allowed to use this process locally.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> --
>
> 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 Mark Gooch <
> MGOOCH at wooster.edu>
> *Date: *Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 11:09 AM
> *To: *Christina Torbert <ctorbert at olemiss.edu>, "Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org"
> <Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
> *Subject: *[EXT]Re: [Eril-l] [EXT] Question about managing on-campus
> access to e-resources
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> --
>
> 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
> *To: *"Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org" <Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
> *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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-- 
Michael McGuire
Electronic Resources Librarian
Colby College Libraries
5161 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
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