Penn State is embarking on a cooperative grant project (Makers of America
II Testbed Project) with Stanford, Cornell, New York Public Library, and
the University of California at Berkeley. I completed the week-long Rare
Books School course on Implementing Encoded Archival Description and
returned to work with a request to purchase SoftQuad's Panorama Pro and
Author/Editor. Our systems person is balking at buying proprietary
software and paying $49 per copy to install it on twenty-four public
service area computers, plus the training lab, in a networked environment.
All other software is managed from one server and distributed via the
network. Public service area computers have their C: drive disabled so no
one can load or import infected programs. So, no one can download the free
Panorama viewer.
I need to know how other institutions are handling access to Panorama on
public service area computers. How do you provide access to the Panorama
viewer in a networked environment? What experiences have you had in
negotiating a licensing fee for multiple use (how many simultaneous users
have you estimated for your institution)?
Susan Hamburger, Ph.D.
Manuscripts Librarian
W342 Pattee Library
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
814/865-2067
FAX 814/863-5775
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