[1162] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
FirstSearch policies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carol Sullivan)
Tue Sep 8 09:42:14 1992
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:32:42 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
From: Carol Sullivan <CSULLIVA@afit.af.mil>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
Please respond to the author, not PACS-L. Thanks, Dana
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
We're thinking about getting FirstSearch for our students and faculty, to
be available through the campus network, using Internet access to OCLC.
We are unable to charge users for searches. I'd like to know how other
libraries who offer free access to FirstSearch control usage.
1. Do you hand out authorization cards or just use one password?
2. Do you have policies on the number of searches/cards you
give to users? Different policies by type of user
(faculty, grad students, etc.)?
3. How do you keep track of how many searches/cards a patron
has used?
4. Any other suggestions or warnings are welcome.
You can respond directly to me. Thanks.
Carol Sullivan, Systems Librarian
Air Force Institute of Technology Library
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
csulliva@afit.af.mil
