Margaret,
We subscribe to quite a few webbased databases by now. If possible, I provide them with our IP address so that we do not have to use user id/password. This makes access much easier, you do not have to remember all the userids/passwords for every individual database. And you do not want to place this information at the computer visible for the public, because if they know your user id/password for your specific database, they can just use it at their home computer.
I make those databases as available as possible to all staff -i.e. any staff who has access to the internet (and almost all have by now) can access them at their computer in their offices. They still come up to the library to get help. In fact, we offer often 20 minute staff workshops how to use different databases.
When you subscribe to a webbased databse, you normally subscribe to a site license -i.e. this database can be accessed in your museum only and nowhere else.
I hope this helps and answers your questions.
Best regards,
Ursula Kolmstetter
Ursula Kolmstetter
Head Librarian, Stout Reference Library
Indianapolis Museum of Art
1200 West 38th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
USA
Tel.: 317-920-2662, ext. 225
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>>> Margaret Shaw <[log in to unmask]> 09/13/00 04:27PM >>>
Would any museum libraries who subscribe to web services mind answering a
couple of questions?
Do you access web services using a username/password approach or using IP
address recognition?
Do you give access to these services to all/some museum staff or are they
available only in the library?
Many thanks
J. Margaret Shaw
Chief Librarian
National Gallery of Australia
Research Library
GPO Box 1150
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: 61-(0)2 6240 6532
Facsimile: 61-(0)2 6273 2155
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