From: Winston Tabb <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:44:52 +0000

If ever there were an issue that publishers and librarians need to
work on together, RA21 is it.   We agree (I think) on the problem; but
there cannot possibly be a solution that doesn't take user needs,
expectations and behaviors into account -  and these are areas where
librarians' expertise and experience are unrivaled.

So let's model some new collaborative behaviors here!

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> On Apr 30, 2017, at 9:26 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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> University of Washington Libraries
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 21:37:30 -0400
>
> A colleague pointed us to this STM-led initiative:
>
> http://www.stm-assoc.org/standards-technology/ra21-resource-access-21st-century/
>
> And I found the recent presentation given at a recent CNI meeting:
>
> https://www.cni.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CNI_Resources_Shillum.pdf
>
> The project is positively explained in the above sources.  Basically,
> it's an effort to move away from IP authentication to more
> sophisticated methods, which might help the user and also improve
> publisher controls vis a vis published content.  Perhaps it might
> reduce the SciHub (and like) problem?
>
> I'd be interested in liblicense-l list members' comments on the pros
> and cons of such an initiative and approach.  It would be most useful,
> as this seems very important, and I'm guessing many of us feel
> under-informed at this early stage.
>
> Anyone on this list part of the pilots?
>
> Thank you, Ann Okerson