TECH: Network Setup

["Jacqueline L. Pomeroy" <actinc@CSI.COM>]

Thank you for letting me lurk on this listserv.  I have learned so much just
reading.

I am extremely fortunate to have applied for and received 2 grants to buy
computer hardware and library automation software for our library.  Although
we are a public library, we also serve the entire school district and
coordinate carefully with them.  That is why this list is so great.

I am just getting ready to set up the Windows NT network administration part
and get to decide how to assign usernames and passwords, groups,
permissions, profiles etc.  Soon we will be getting our library automation
software.  We will either be using Alexandria (our first choice) or
Winnebago Spectrum (our second choice), depending on how they answer the
technical document we sent them.  Both of these have a password structure
also.

I am looking for advice on setting up Windows NT to take full advantage of
its security features, but yet not make it a nightmare for a patron or staff
to log in and use the OPAC, Internet, and circulation stations.  Would love
to hear from anyone who can tell me either how to do it, or how not to do it
(or how you would do it over if you could).

Jackie Pomeroy
Director of Technology and Grants (volunteer)
New Waverly Public Library, TX
Actinc@csi.com

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