From your 1997-98 OCLC Users' Council Delegates:
   Bernard Strong         Marcia Talley
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Tam Dalrymple +1-614-761-5054
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Nita Dean +1-614-761-5002
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IP ADDRESS RECOGNITION AVAILABLE FOR
FIRSTSEARCH AND ELECTRONIC COLLECTIONS ONLINE

DUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1997--Internet Protocol (IP) address recognition for
OCLC Reference Services via the World Wide Web, including the OCLC
FirstSearch service and OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online
service, is now available.

Used for login authentication, IP address recognition allows participating
libraries to add a service keyword to the Reference Services Uniform
Resource Locator (URL), where their address and service type will be checked
before automatically logging them into the appropriate service.

"IP address recognition is an important option we can now offer libraries,"
said Paula Rumbaugh, manager, Product Management and Database
Implementation, OCLC Online Reference Services.  "We are pleased to be able
to respond to the library community's needs for a simple yet secure means of
controlling access to OCLC reference services, making it possible for
libraries to more freely open these online services to their end users."

More information on IP address recognition for OCLC Reference Services via
the Web is available at www.oclc.org/oclc/forms/ipaddr.htm.

OCLC Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit, membership, computer
library service and research organization whose computer network and
services link more than 25,000 libraries in 63 countries and territories
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