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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">My cautious reply, since I have no legal expertise, is that this person’s argument would have merit only if non-disabled individuals who are NOT affiliated with your institution had access to your databases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I don’t see any discrimination because the access restrictions apply to all nonmembers of your institution regardless of whether or not they are disabled. So it’s not unequal or unfair to inform him of access
restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Adrienne Franco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Senior Reference and Instructional Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Iona College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">New Rochelle, NY 10801<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sara Brownmiller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 01, 2015 5:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> eril-l@lists.eril-l.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Off-campus access to licensed databases<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The UO Libraries allows community patrons to use our licensed resources when they are in the library.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve had a request from a community patron for off-campus access to our databases because he is disabled and it is difficult for him to get to the library. He does not have a current or active affiliation with the UO. When we explained
the restrictions on off-campus access to licensed resources, he is making the argument that this may be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act because this results in unequal/unfair treatment for people who are physically disabled.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has this question ever come up in your library? How did you respond?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Sara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">--------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sara Brownmiller<br>
Director, Library Systems<br>
University of Oregon Libraries<br>
Eugene, OR 97403-1299<br>
541-346-2368<br>
<a href="mailto:snb@uoregon.edu">snb@uoregon.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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