To satisfy the needs of our customers, the BiblioWeb server is licensed in 2 ways: by the number of hits or by the number of concurrent users. You should pick the one that best fits your needs. You can switch to the other license mode later at any time. Biblioscape Professional edition comes with 3 "Write" user accounts, 3 "Read" user accounts, 50,000 hits accounts, or 1 concurrent user account. Biblioscape Librarian edition comes with 3 concurrent user accounts.
License by the number of hits
When the BiblioWeb server serves a request, it is counted as a hit. A hit can be a search request or a graphic file inside a Web page. During a user session, the same graphic won't be counted twice for a hit. Because it is cached in user's Web browser, all hits served by BiblioWeb server are logged. When licensed by the number of hits, the BiblioWeb server does not care how many users do you support, whether they are "Write" accounts or "Read" accounts. As long as the number of hits served by the BiblioWeb server does not exceed the number of hits licensed, the BiblioWeb server will function. Once this number is exceeded, you need to purchase more Hits. This is an ideal solution if your Web users are Internet users and they connect to the Web through ISP dial up access.
License by the number of concurrent users:
You can also license a BiblioWeb server by the number of concurrent users. Under this mode, the BiblioWeb server does not care about the number of users supported or the number of hits served as long as the number of users currently logged on to the server does not exceed the number licensed. When a Web user logs on, he or she is counted as one concurrent user. If this user does not send any request to the server in 15 minutes, he or she is automatically logged off. The number of concurrent users is decremented by one.
Register in BiblioWeb server
If the BiblioWeb server account that comes with the Professional or Librarian edition can no longer satisfy your needs, you can purchase more BiblioWeb server accounts. After purchasing, you will be given a registration key by email. To register the BiblioWeb server, click the "Register" button. Select the license mode by clicking on the tab. Enter the new account's number and registration code into the edit box and click "Register" button.
Switch license mode
By default, BiblioWeb is set to use license mode "Num of Hits". This is the least restrictive mode. You can add an unlimited number of web users and support an unlimited number of concurrent users. Once the 50,000 hits are used up, you can switch to other license mode easily. This way, you can continue to use the BiblioWeb server while evaluating which additional web user license you want to buy.
To switch the BiblioWeb server license mode, just select one of the tabs - "Concurrent", "Num of Users", or "Num of Hits", and click the "Register" button. You don't need any code for switching to another license mode. If you bought the Librarian edition, it comes with 3 concurrent user licenses. You should switch to the "Concurrent" license mode after the default 50,000 hits are used up.