From: "Hinchliffe, Lisa W" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 01:52:17 +0000

To the degree that SciHub is caused by "difficulty" in accessing
licensed resources, systems to make it easier are all likely to try
and address it. But, at this point, it seems unlikely that anything is
going to be frictionless enough to overcome the simplicity of SciHub
as long as users persist in feeling no ethical problems in using the
site.  So, while that may be part of the discussion, I think the real
benefit to the publisher platforms of the RA21 proposal is in the
detailed analytics it will produce. With such a system, every user
will be known as an individual to the platform - not just "faculty
member from XYZ institution" but rather "this specific faculty member
from XYZ institution."  The privacy implications of this are enormous
and troubling from the perspective of the ethics of librarianship.

--
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
Professor/ Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction
University Library, University of Illinois, 1408 West Gregory Drive,
Urbana, Illinois 61801
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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