Walk-in Access Wales SCONUL Access Contacts’ Conference

9th July 2014

Alison Harding

Contents

• What is walk-in access?

• Why walk-in access?

• Why walk-in access in Wales?

• Walk-in Access Wales project

• Walk-in access services in Wales

• Future of walk-in access?

What is walk-in access?

• Access to e-resources for non-library members

• On-campus – usually in a library

• Terminology

• Where license agreements allow

NO

NESLI2 Model License

Eduserv/CHEST standard license

EBSCO license agreement

Why walk-in access?• Community engagement / widening

access

• Open access

• Welsh government objectives

• SCONUL Access

• Access management

• Alumni services

Why walk-in access in Wales?

Welsh government/WHELF objectives:

“Promote and facilitate widening access and borrowing schemes; promote shared access to e-services and e-resources, including public access to licensed resources”

WHELF Action Plan, 2011 – 2013

Walk-in Access Wales• WHELF survey

• CyMAL bid

• Project lead: UW Trinity Saint David

• Project Officer: one day p/w

• Steering group: representation from 6 Welsh HEIs plus WHELF Officer

• Technical contact: IT Manager at TSD

Walk-in Access Wales

• Walrus picture

Walk-in Access to Library Resources in UniversitieS

Image by USFWS/Joel Garlich-Millerhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/usfws_alaska/5390755714/

Cardiff University• Pilot in 4 sites – January 2012• Users provide ID and agree to acceptable use• Chipped smartcard inserted into SunRay virtual

client terminals (CU’s library OPACs)• Firefox kiosk session. Killed when card removed• Guest myPrint accounts created to print articles• Started with JISC, NESLi and Eduserv resources• Now in 10 sites @ April 2014

Cardiff Metropolitan University• Thin Client PCs - limited apps• “Web Stations” – dual access• Users provide ID and agree to acceptable use and

receive temporary login details• Started with standard licenses but expanded• No printing (but have USB)• Soft launch – but no promotion• Working with alumni office on promotion

• Carmarthen campus initially, Lampeter later• Looked at CU and CMU. Decided on kiosk mode

for OPACs already being set up for running WorldCat using IE.

• Users provide ID and sign acceptable use• No login but have to ask librarian to save to USB• JISC/NESLi/Eduserv licenses• Made use of CU and CMU documentation

UW Trinity Saint David

• Walk-in Access Wales toolkit produced• National context: reports issued on walk-in

access by SWRLS, SCURL and WHELF and SCONUL. Growing number of walk-in access services in UK and Ireland

• Could walk-in access be part of a national initiative such as SCONUL Access?

• Should we promote? To whom?

Future of walk-in access?

Questions?

Alison Harding

a.harding@tsd.uwtsd.ac.uk