Public Access and Library Terminals Use - Definitions

Walk-in User
A person who is not a currently registered student, faculty member or employee of the licensed institution but is permitted by the institution to access the secure network* via a computer or terminal within the Library premises is deemed to be an authorised user but only for the duration they are within the Library premises. Institutions that provide access to networks, and users who benefit from that access, should regard it as normal to require an individual identity.

Walk-in Users may not be given means to access the licensed work when they are not within the Library premises.

Unidentified Visitor
This term refers to a general public user who is an unknown, anonymous user not a currently registered student, faculty member or employee of the licensed institution and who does not have remote access to resources.

Authorised Users
Currently registered students, faculty members or employees of the licensed institution who are authorised by the licensee to access the licensee's information services whether from a computer or terminal on the licensee's secure network* or off site via a secure access management system.

Authorised Users should abide by a code of conduct (e.g: Chest "Code of Conduct") and be expected to sign an undertaking not to use the product for commercial activity.

* Secure Network shall mean a network (whether a stand alone network or a virtual network within the Internet) which is only accessible to Authorised Users whose identities are authenticated by the Institution at the time of log-in and periodically thereafter consistent with current best practice and whose conduct is subject to regulation by the Institution.