I agree with Ron.  If there are restrictions for everyone good or bad
restrictions, then applying the same to students with disabilities is
acceptable even if the rules aren't good ones.  The value of the rules are
a separate issue.

Norman Coombs, Ph.D.
CEO EASIAt 07:05 AM 7/26/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Let me put a different slant on this. Our campus AT is a part of our regular
>campus computer environment and subject to the same usage guidelines as
>anything else. To lock away your AT and require special permission to use it
>is to perpetuate an additional barrier to access. As long as everyone is
>subject to the same restrictions I do not see a problem, but to have
>additional hoops to jump through to access needed equipment is for me a
>significant issue.
>
>Ron Stewart
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Ron Stewart, Director
>Technology Access Program
>Information Services
>Oregon State University
>109 Kidder Hall
>Corvallis, Oregon  97331
>Phone: 1.541.737.7307
>Fax:   1.541.737.2159
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>WWW: http://tap.orst.edu
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Patsy Wakefield [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:47 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: ADAPTIVE COMPUTER LAB ACCESS IN LIBRARIES
>
>
>Hi Jack
>
>Our room for students with a disability has swipe card access at all  times,
>and the card is activated for that room by the Disability Information and
>Support office personnel who know the student.  On our campus a Student's Id
>card gives them swipe card access to various areas after hours, depending
>upon their courses.  This access is also used for all the 24 hour Computer
>labs.
>
>Hope this helps .
>
>Bye Patsy
>
>Patsy Wakefield
>Information Science Dept
>University of Otago
>P O Box 56
>Dunedin
>Ph 64 3 479 5443
>[log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Clevenger [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 9:56 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: ADAPTIVE COMPUTER LAB ACCESS IN LIBRARIES
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Forgive us if this is a cross-posting to other internet forums for advice
>and
>direction as to this concern.
>
>We have a situation that may have been discussed earlier in this forum but
>it is one with a "twist" to what has been discussed before.  The situation
>is
>this:
>
>We have a specialized adaptive computer lab within a newly built
>library/hi-tech
>center.  It has been staffed by our disabilities services office during the
>day
>when
>the college is having classes.  It is not staffed other hours when the
>library
>is open
>to the public and students.
>
>Students and users with disabilities have been required to register with our
>disability services office and provide documentation of disability.  When
>they have registered with our office, they are given a pass and a password
>to access the specialized applications and hardware in the lab.
>
>The problem is this:  We have found out that users are accessing the
>adaptive
>computer lab to pull up pornographic web sites during the hours the lab is
>not
>staffed.
>
>What have your offices, libraries, and college done to address this concern
>while
>insuring equal access to the adaptive software and applications.
>
>Can we lock the door to the lab during afterhours provided that we clearly
>post
>
>a sign giving notice that one can ask the library staff to open the lab
>after
>identifying
>themselves as patrons or students with disabilities.
>
>Please reply either to this listserv or to me if you would prefer.
>
>Thank you in advance for your suggestions and advice.
>
>Jack Clevenger, Coordinator
>Disability Resources and Services
>Mesa Community College
>Mesa, Arizona
>
>[log in to unmask]
>480.461.7907 (fax)
>