From: "Maher, Stephen" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:21:16 +0000 Hi Richard, In my experience publishers monitor the rate of downloading from an institution’s IPs. If the rate exceeds “normal” usage, the publisher notifies the institution with information of when the excessive downloading occurred and over which IPs. More often than not the excessive downloading occurs over the IP address connected to an institution’s proxy server. The institution then attempts to identify the username(s) associated with the downloads and temporarily suspends it. Hope this helps. Stephen Stephen Maher, MSIS NYU Health Sciences Library From: Richard James <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:53:34 -0500 having taken a (cautious) look at sci-hub for the first time recently- since I try to make a rule of not visiting Russian file-sharing sites if given a choice- I was struck by the fact that retrieved articles are stamped with the usual retrieval information specifying the institutional source for the pdf etc. Which raises the question in my mind: is it possible to find out if one's own library is being used to contribute to this mass-piracy criminal enterprise, and if so, what should one do about it? Presuming that it's impossible to get 'delisted' from sci-hub, what kind of protections can be put in place to minimize risk?