From: "Smith, Kevin L" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:38:49 +0000

I agree, and suspect that a movement toward credential-based access is
connected to a subtext here, to differentiation among users in order
to implement differential pricing.  So costs could be based on how
many bio-medical research an institution has versus how many
anthropologists, for example.

The obvious other subtext is to gather as much extremely granular data
about researchers as is possible.  So by focusing on privacy and a
move away from IP authentication, I think the list is focusing on the
key elements that lurk behind this proposal.

Kevin

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> On Apr 30, 2017, at 12:26 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Corey Murata <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:19:41 +0000
>
> While the privacy concerns are serious and need to be addressed, I am
> more concerned about the movement away from an IP authentication to a
> completely credential based access.
>
> As a public institution we provide on-site access to our resources to
> all scholars, be they researchers from other institutions, high school
> students, or the general public. All but a rare handful of our
> licenses for electronic resources include "walk-in users" in the
> category of "authorized users." We can do this currently with IP based
> authentication. I do not see how this will be possible in the proposed
> RA21 environment.
>
> The fundamental flaw, as I see it, with RA21 is the assumption that
> the only authorized users are those affiliated with a credential
> granting institution. It ignores the "walk-in users" and it ignores
> the tradition of scholars visiting other libraries to access resources
> not available in their home library. Under RA21 scholars would only
> ever get access to resources licensed by the institution granting
> their credentials. This would be a tragedy.
>
> Corey
>
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