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PIN Required to Access Scholar Record, OhioLINK Databases

Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | February 28, 2007 - 09:38

Earlier this semester Associate Dean Michael Slinger advised that the University and Law Libraries were adopting a PIN (Personal Identification Number) requirement for access to Scholar records and OhioLINK databases. The PIN feature has now been enabled. You will be prompted for a PIN when you view your own record or request a locally available item through Scholar. To set up your PIN:

  • Go to View Your Own Record in Scholar. (A new browser window will open.)
  • Leave the PIN field blank on the first screen and click the Submit button.
  • You will receive a message on the next screen that says Please enter a new PIN.
  • Use that form to create your PIN by entering your chosen PIN twice to confirm the number. PINs may consist of any combination of letters and numbers. Please use at least 4-8 characters for your PIN. Remember your PIN.
  • If you are creating a PIN for the first time and are authenticating for off-campus use of library resources, you must log out of your library account before authentication will work.

For more information about PINs, see: http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/pin.html

The message Associate Dean Slinger sent you earlier is reprinted below. Please do not hesitate to ask any of us at the Public Services Desk for assistance if necessary. Jan

Dear Students,

Below you will find an important announcement about the adoption of a Personal Identification Number (PIN) requirement for access to certain Scholar and OhioLINK services. This PIN requirement is being instituted campus wide not just at the Law School. This step is being undertaken to protect your personal library records as well as the integrity of our database contract agreements. At the same time, we want you to know that the impact of the PIN requirement on your research habits will be minimal: you will not need to use the PIN to request books or access your Lexis or Westlaw accounts, for example. It will come into play only when you are accessing your library record on Scholar or when using Scholar or OhioLINK databases. Please take the time to read the message below, and when the PIN requirement is activated early in February, make sure to establish your PIN at the earliest possible time.

Personal Identification Number (PIN) to be Required For Scholar and the OhioLink Databases Access

The attempt by many unscrupulous persons from throughout the world to steal personal information has become an unfortunate part of everyday life. This invasion of privacy has required those entrusted with data protection to meet these threats by increasing the security necessary to safeguard personal information. Unfortunately, libraries, and the online information access they provide, have not been immune from the attempts of thieves to find ways to take personal information for their own purposes as well as gain illegal access to information resources. This has been an increasing problem for libraries throughout the United States, including those located in Ohio. Therefore, after consultation with the University’s Legal Counsel and IS&T, we have determined that it is prudent for the CSU libraries to add another layer of protection in order to safeguard personal information and library resources. Therefore, very soon all members of the CSU family will be required to create a PIN in order to access Scholar and OhioLINK databases.

This will be an easy process to accomplish and will ensure a higher level of protection for personal library records as well as for the information licensed for the exclusive use of the CSU community.

We expect to initiate the implementation of PIN in the next few weeks. At that time we will announce it via email. However, if you miss the announcements, it will be clear to you that implementation has begun when you attempt to view your own record, or access the OhioLINK databases. When that happens, you will be prompted for your PIN, you will then need to go into “View Your Own Record” in Scholar and enter a PIN (any combination of 4 to 8 letters and/or numbers). You will be prompted to enter your PIN a second time, to confirm your choice. Then you can logout to continue your database searching or other activities.

Once you have established your PIN, the most important thing for you to keep in mind will be to REMEMBER YOUR PIN. Your PIN is secure because no one but you will know your PIN. Your PIN will not be available to staff, it will be known only to you. However, in the event you do forget your PIN, you will have to contact the Law Library Circulation Desk X2250 to cancel your old PIN and set up a new one.

If you have any questions please let me or Associate Director of the Law Library Jan Novak (X6913) know.

Thank You.
Michael Slinger, Law Library Director
Glenda Thornton, Director of the University Library


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