Judy Shoaf wrote: <<... and now they are coming up with online sites to which you need a unique passkey (which takes you into a course management system and reports your quiz grades etc. to your instructor), something the library will not be able to help with.>>
It's not just textbooks. The new edition of the MLA (Modern Language Association) citation style manual includes passworded access to a web site with more information, and specific details. But that password is only valid for the original purchaser of the print book, and libraries are specifically prohibited from sharing it with their users except in face-to-face instructional sessions, to demonstrate, or in one-to-one reference assistance. -- deg farrelly, Associate Librarian Arizona State University at the West campus PO Box 37100 Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100 Phone: 602.543.8522 Email: [email protected] VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
