Remote Access: The Library's Challenge
	Who Needs Remote Access?
	Remote Database Access Service
	Remote Database Access Professional Support Services
	Remote Database Access Early Adoptors

Librarians must manage:

Remote information resources
(Controlled by Information Providers using powerful computer systems)

Remote patrons
(Using increasingly sophisticated desktop computers)

Implication:
Librarians need equally powerful computer systems, under their direct control ,to mediate and manage the connections between electronic Information providers and electronic library patrons.

Without such electronic tools librarians cannot hope to:

Manage multiple information providers
Define access privileges to multiple patron classes
Provide anonymous authentication of users
Measure use of online resources against library defined patron and resource groups

With such automated tools librarians can:

Measure patron use of online resources
Audit vendor claims about concurrent users and transaction volumes
Interface automatically to external patron and registration authority files
Authenticate off premises patrons

Who Needs Remote Access?

Off-campus Access for Faculty

(Especially adjunct faculty)

Commuter Students

How much does a trip from home to the library cost?
How long does it take?
Offering commuter students a chance to save this time and money
Can be a competitive advantage!

Branch and satellite campus locations

Never enough space or library resources

Distance learning programs

Alumni Access

A new educational avenue
A new source of support