There are two usage scenarios.
1. use of resources through a computer in the library or on a campus
2. use of resources from home through a proxy server in the library.
I was thinking more about the second scenario.
On Aug 5, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Nate Vack wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Glen Newton - NRC/CNRC CISTI/ICIST
> Research<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> It may/should help protect the user's privacy from the server end
>> (from
>> Google), not the client end.
>
> Yeah. When I use Google Books in a library, how would Google know
> who I am?
>
> Of course, they would know if I were to log in, but proxying doesn't
> solve that.
>
> Cheers,
> -Nate
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