The Chronicle of Higher Education

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...

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