Come to Gogebic Community College. You can use our computers and I
might even buy you a beer.
Walter Lessun, MSLS, MBA
Director
Alex D. Chisholm Library
Gogebic Community College
High Tech and Affordable: Your Superior Educational Choice
http://www.gogebic.edu/library
Ex ultione gaudium
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kyle Banerjee
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:42 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] If Academic Libraries Remove Computers, Will
Anyone Come?
>
> Another twist that I had forgotten: when I go to UC Berkeley to use
the
> library there (as a lowly 'citizen of the state of California') I
cannot
> connect to their wireless network, which requires a campus login.
I work for a consortium, and I encounter this problem at almost every
campus
I serve. When I visit nonacademic libraries, there is absolutely nothing
unusual about being prompted for logon credentials just to access the
open
internet (i.e. not subscription databases subject to licensing
restrictions). With few exceptions, I can't get credentials for
temporary
access.
Curiously enough, I've come to expect not to have to supply credentials
in
most hotels and other businesses I frequent when all I need is internet
access. In the event that I need credentials, these are usually given to
me
outright and I can work without restriction.
For all the brouhaha we create over open access, we really make it a
PITA to
actually get to anything. As alternative access gets easier, cheaper,
and
better, we are steadily getting squeezed out of the action and it's no
mystery why.
kyle
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Kyle Banerjee
Digital Services Program Manager
Orbis Cascade Alliance
banerjek_at_uoregon.edu / 503.999.9787
Received on Fri Apr 30 2010 - 11:49:32 EDT