# Presentation: 139326

## Public Access to CD-ROMs Redux

- Karen Nordgren, Emporia State University
- Coleen Parmer, Bowling Green State University
- Amy West, University of Minnesota

- October 22, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 pm.
-  2002 Fall Depository Library Conference

## Number of Titles Installed

- University of Minnesota
- 31 titles, 99 individual discs
- Bowling Green State University
- 140 titles, 395 volumes
- Emporia State University
- 12 titles

## Access: Hours and Remote

- All - Library Building Hours, no remote access

## User Interface

- University of Minnesota
- Local Web Site with Executable Links to Start CDs
- Bowling Green State University
- Local Web Site with Executable Links to Start CDs
- Emporia State University
- Desktop Icons

## Delivery of CD-ROMs

- University of Minnesota
- Via Virtual CD v. 4, an emulator program that saves  virtual versions of the CDs to the workstation
- Bowling Green State University
- Via CD-ROM drive and launching software called W3Launch
- Emporia State University
- Via CD-ROM drive, with staff mediation

## Delivery of Guides

- University of Minnesota
- As web pages; link to CD is on the guide page
- Bowling Green State University
- As web pages which users connect to from a help button
- Emporia State University
- In print and/or online

## Institutional Practices

- University of Minnesota
- Security
- Fortres Security & public user profile which limits user interaction with hard drives
- Administrative Access
- via administrative profile, available to all department staff
- Back Up
- maintained by IT department

## Institutional Practices

- Bowling Green State University
- Security
- Public workstations have two desktops:  public and restricted use (pass word protected).
- Administrative Access
- limited users with passwords to administrative profile
- Back Up
- Workstation image created with Norton Ghost software with backup copy on office server.

## Institutional Practices

- Emporia State University
- Security
- limited public user profile
- Administrative Access
- all changes limited to administrator profile, access to profile for Head of Collection Development and Documents Librarian only
- Back Up
- undecided

## Workstation Configuration

- University of Minnesota
- Operating System & Applications
-  Windows NT
- Internet Explorer, Public Web Browser v. 2
- WS_FTP, Winzip,
- Excel 95 and 97 viewers, dBase viewer
- Hardware & Printing
- 3.5” floppy and Zip drives
- networked printing for a fee

## Workstation Configuration

- Bowling Green State University
- Operating System & Applications
-  Windows 98
- Mozilla web browser
- Excel viewer
- Hardware & Printing
- 3.5” floppy and Zip drives, DVD & CD/R drives
- networked printing

## Workstation Configuration

- Emporia State University
- Operating System & Applications
- undecided
- Hardware & Printing
- 3.5” floppy drive, zip drive, CD-R/DVD drive

## Large Titles

- University of Minnesota
- Not an issue yet; not decided on Census 2000 disks
- Bowling Green State University
- Does not think this will be an issue
- Emporia State University
- No decision as yet, although anticipate possible challenges with Census 2000

## Maintenance Responsibilities

- University of Minnesota
- GPL for any application problems; all other maintenance by IT department
- Bowling Green State University
- Documents staff member (20 hours per week)
- Emporia State University
- Head of Collection Development and Documents Librarian

## Pesky titles and solutions

- University of Minnesota
- http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/cd/pesky.phtml
- Bowling Green State University
- http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/services/govdocs/cddoc.html
- Emporia State University
- Not sure yet

## Bowling Green State University Main Menu

## Bowling Green State University Title List

## Bowling Green State University Title Screen

## Bowling Green State University User Guide

## Bowling Green State University - Multi. Volume

- Bowling Green State University - **Multi. Volume**

## Bowling Green State University - CD Database

- Bowling Green State University - **CD Database**

## University of Minnesota Main Menu

## University of Minnesota Title List

## University of Minnesota User Guide pt. 1

- University of Minnesota User Guide pt. 2

## For More Information

- Karen Nordgren:   Nordgrek@esumail.emporia.edu
- Coleen Parmer:    parmer@bgnet.bgsu.edu
- Amy E. West:            westx045@tc.umn.edu

## Relevant Web Sites

- This presentation
- http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/ppt/cds.ppt
- BGSU Documentation
- http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/services/govdocs/cddoc.html
- University of Minnesota Documentation
- http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/cd/summary.phtml