Southeastern alumni and retirees may come to Sims Library and use any of our resources as a "guest." Since they will likely have W numbers, they may only need to re-set their old passwords to access the Library computers (VMs
Only current Southeastern students and employees have remote access to Sims Library's online resources, which permit you to login from home. This is not a Southeastern or Library policy. For each database / electronic resource the Library acquires, the University President has to sign an official license agreement issued by the publisher/vendor. The license agreement specifies who is considered an authorized user, and almost always it is defined as a current employee or student. If the University violates that agreement and allows access to unauthorized users, our license can be revoked and our access to the database can be denied. Additionally, depending on the circumstances, the vendor can choose to pursue legal action against the University.
Alumni have the following privileges:
Alumni do not have off-campus to databases but may come to the Library and use any of our resources as a “guest.” Alumni cannot check out technology or study rooms, and they do not have remote database access or ILL privileges.
Retirees are former employees who have officially retired through Human Resources.
Retirees have the following privileges:
** Retirees do not have off-campus to databases but may come to the Library and use any of our resources as a guest. Retired employees cannot check out technology or study rooms, and do not have remote database access or ILL privileges.