June 25, 2004

To Use That Library Computer, Please Identify Yourself

By SCOTT CARLSON

A few years ago, just about anyone could turn up at a college library, sit down at a bank of public-access computers, and cruise the Internet with no password, little trouble, and only the slimmest chance of being identified.

But academic librarians, wary of increasing instances of Internet-related crime and hacking, are now having second thoughts about that unfettered, unsupervised access. At some college libraries, students must now log in to use computers, and visitors must show an

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