Kyle Murley's List: Library Public Computer Access

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• Authentication - A process by which a computer system verifies the identity of a user accessing the system or source of communication.
• Public access terminal - A library workstation located in a public area for which there is no restriction on access by type of user.

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• • The first priority for SSU Library computer usage is to provide access to information resources that support the learning, scholarship, and research of its students and faculty.
   
  • Second priority is the support of other types of use that either directly or indirectly support the educational, research and service missions of the University. Reasonable and limited personal communication falls within this category.
   
  • Third and lowest priority is given to recreational use by individuals affiliated with SSU, including generalized use of the Internet insofar as such use is of an incidental nature and does not place a burdensome load on resources. Authorized academic use of computing resources by the general public may also be considered appropriate on a case-by-case basis.
   
  • Commercial use is strictly forbidden.
• inappropriate use
• Recreational or non-academic use of computing resources by individuals unaffiliated with SSU or the CSU System (i.e. 'gaming', MySpace, IMing, etc.)
• requests for computer support by individuals unaffiliated with SSU or the CSU System
• unauthorized usage of Library computing resources by individuals unaffiliated with SSU or the CSU System
• the University Library adheres to the American Library Association's published Library Bill of Rights

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• Library serves the faculty, students, and staff
• Public stations, with access to the Internet, are provided as a service to our primary users in fulfillment of their patient care, research, and education needs.  Use of public stations is limited to the fulfillment of these objectives.
• require user sign-in
• users without ePass accounts) by registering for Guest Passes at the Circulation Desk

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  Use of Guest Passes on public stations is limited to 1 hour. 
• The primary purpose of public computer workstations is to support teaching, learning, and research through access to the Libraries collections, databases, and to other online information resources. In order to protect all library users' right of access to all information resources, to ensure the safety of users and staff, and to protect library resources and facilities from damage, the University Libraries may sometimes place restrictions on the time, place, or manner of access to library computer workstations. The University Libraries make every effort to insure that its policies and procedures governing the use of all library facilities and resources are not in violation of the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights.

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• Members of the general public may register at the Circulation Desk for use of one computer that is dedicated to finding health and government information. All of these public computers provide full Internet access. There is one additional computer that is configured for Library online catalog use only and is available to all patrons.
• state mandate, computers are provided for the purpose of research and other educational endeavor

• library governing authorities may place reasonable and narrowly drawn restrictions on the time, place or manner of access to library resources, services or facilities, provided that such restrictions are not based upon arbitrary distinctions between individuals or classes of individuals.
• based upon the library's mission and objectives
• allowing individual users' rights to interfere materially with the majority's rights to free, equal, and equitable access to library resources, services and facilities
• must be clearly stated so that a reasonably intelligent person will have fair warning of what is expected;
• provide adequate alternative means of access to information

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• Mango Languages is a language learning system that teaches actual conversation skills, vocabulary, grammar & culture for the world's most popular languages.  It's fast, fun & easy!
• Visit our Mango Administration Portal (also known as the MAP) at http://libraries.mangolanguages.com
• determined how you want Mango to authenticate users,
• will give your patrons access to Mango both in-library and remotely.

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