https://qanda.digipres.org/tag/finding Powered by Question2Answer https://qanda.digipres.org/1142/limiting-restrictions-providing-copyrighted-restricted My institution is interested in providing in-house-only access to digital materials we can't simply put online -- copyrighted material, restricted materials, etc.<br /> <br /> We currently embed digital materials directly into finding aids, and want to avoid a system that would involve implementing a separate access solution (and we know our patrons aren't interested in setting up accounts/logins, either). &nbsp;We are currently exploring the use of IP addresses to restrict access to the digital content to computers physically located inside our library reading room. &nbsp;Ideally, anybody would be able to look at the finding aid, but only IP addressess in the permitted range would be able to click through to view/download the actual digital content.<br /> <br /> Does your institution or any other institution that you know of do something similar? &nbsp;Have you explored IP address restrictions for your institution? &nbsp;What advantages and disadvantages did you find? &nbsp;We're hoping to avoid re-inventing the wheel if we can. https://qanda.digipres.org/1142/limiting-restrictions-providing-copyrighted-restricted Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:55:17 +0000