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Bill, I have thought about this (although not in regards to logging library workstations -- that'd be difficult but awesome), especially now that Georgia Tech is implementing lifetime accounts. The project that we are currently trying to pull together (GaTher -- which is sort of a library building/citation management tool, although a bit more sophisticated than that) intends to use OpenID to allow people to invite non-GT people into their GaTher groups. Now that accounts here are permanent, a GT person can use their GT OpenID without fear of losing their identity when they graduate/move on. -Ross. On 3/22/07, William Denton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I hadn't been too clear on OpenID but a week or two ago I listened to a > recording of a talk about that explained it well. I can't find it again, > unfortunately, but you can take my word for it that it was pretty good. > > Is OpenID being used in libraries? It struck me that it could work well > for library systems that share resources: two systems that are part of the > same consortium or provincial/state system; two neighbouring public > systems that let people from one borrow at the other; academic libraries > that want to make it easy for visiting profs and grad students to get > temporary access to online resources; etc. > > Say I live in Lower Mowat but one day I'm in Upper Mowat, in the next > municipality (or county, or whatever) over, visiting my tailor. The two > library systems are separate but share their resources. I pop into the > library to update my Twittering friends on my inseam measurement. I don't > actually have an account at the Upper Mowat Library, but I log in to one > of their computers using my Lower Mowat-supplied OpenID identifier, and > the Upper Mowat system recognizes where I'm from and gives me access to > everything. > > Bill > -- > William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org : frbr.org : openfrbr.org > >