RE: URLs in OPACs - security

[Tyra Ealy <ealyt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sorry, I don't have anything to offer for your issue; however, could you please tell me what you are using to eliminate the URL bar from your OPAC PCs?

Thank you,

Tyra L. Ealy

Computer Systems Manager

Warren-Trumbull County Public Library

Warren, Ohio

330-399-8807, ext. 140

http://www.wtcpl.lib.oh.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Melanie Cornell [mailto:MCornell@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:04 AM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: URLs in OPACs - security

We use software to eliminate the URL bar from appearing to patrons at dedicated OPAC PCs.  However, some sites our records link to via the 856 tag have links on their site which enable our patrons to jump from their site to eventually link to a search engine, such as Yahoo, without needing the URL bar.  Is it possible to limit patrons using an 856 tag link from within our OPAC so that once at a site they can't jump outside that's sites domain?  We don't want our patrons surfing the internet with our dedicated OPAC PCs; we want these PCs dedicated solely to searching our catalog.  We do want to continue providing our patrons URLs within our OPAC.  Any suggestions?

 

 

Melanie Cornell
Automation Librarian
Franklin Pierce Law Center Library
2 White Street
Concord, NH  03301

 

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