<div dir="ltr">Chris and all,<div>Here's what we do at EvCC:</div><div><ol style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="margin-left:15px">How does your library manage computer use by unaffiliated patrons? Use is limited to searching the catalog. All other stations require a login and password to the campus LAN.</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Roughly what percentage of computers on-site are open for unaffiliated use? Less than 1%</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Do you offer guest access to wi-fi? Yes</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Understanding that Shoreline has purchased some resources via consortium conditions and has some duty to provide unaffiliated access to keep the discount, does guest wi-fi count toward that standard? No idea!</li></ol></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jeanne</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jeanne Leader<br>EvCC Dean of Arts & Learning Resources</div><div dir="ltr">425.388.9502 2000 Tower Everett WA 98201</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">At EvCC, we're always reading something interesting.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Check it out </span><a href="http://www.everettcc.edu/evccreads" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" target="_blank">by clicking here</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Matz, Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmatz@shoreline.edu" target="_blank">cmatz@shoreline.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hello, everyone. Our library is concluding a major phase of construction this quarter, and one of the decisions we made to keep operations less chaotic was to change up our computer access to patrons who are neither enrolled at or employed by the college.
At Shoreline, this is about a dozen "regulars" who have been trespassed or otherwise inconvenienced by restrictions placed upon them at the local public library venues. Prior to this September, at least five of our 25 desktop computers were set aside for
these patrons. We closed the building outright this summer and opened for Fall 2016 in partial readiness, and many of those patrons have not (yet) returned. Those that have are shall we say demonstrative in their outrage. Yes, of course, change is hard
and all of us are uncomfortable with painting tarps and torn-up carpeting, but I was weary of enrolled students being turned away from the computers their technology fees pay for, as our IT department is to date unwilling to put any time restrictions on guest
log-ins. The students have expressed gratitude many times that more computers are open to them more of the time, amid the cacophony of the work sites.</p>
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<p>These are my problems and mine alone. My questions, however, are for the group: </p>
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<li>How does your library manage computer use by unaffiliated patrons? </li><li>Roughly what percentage of computers on-site are open for unaffiliated use? </li><li>Do you offer guest access to wi-fi? </li><li>Understanding that Shoreline has purchased some resources via consortium conditions and has some duty to provide unaffiliated access to keep the discount, does guest wi-fi count toward that standard?<br>
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<div>Thanks for your consideration. </div>
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<div>It's not all gloom and doom, for the record. Fewer unaffiliated patrons in the building means I haven't had to break up a fight between their dogs in almost six months. </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<div>Chris Matz</div>
<div>Library Director</div>
<div>Shoreline Community College</div>
<div><a href="tel:206.546.4558" value="+12065464558" target="_blank">206.546.4558</a></div>
<div><a href="mailto:cmatz@shoreline.edu" target="_blank">cmatz@shoreline.edu</a></div>
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