The British
Library now send electronic delivery articles via Digital rights management
software called DRM Lite. The old FileOpen
encryption option is being withdrawn on June 1st 2018. This means
that library patrons need to do the following in order to read any electronic
documents sent by the British Library:
1.
Have Adobe Reader 10
or above installed on their device.
2.
Register for a British Library On Demand
account. The instructions for this will
pop up when they click on the article link, if they are using the service for
the first time since the switch from FileOpen to DRM Lite.
3.
Use numbers and
letters, not an email address, as an On Demand username.
4.
Allow at least 5
minutes before they attempt to download a document, once they have activated
their On Demand registration. As it takes the British Library a few minutes to
complete the registration.
5.
Use an internet
browser other than Google Chrome to view the article. If they are using Google Chrome, then the
must disable the pdf viewer that comes with Chrome.
