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 [log in to unmask], 217-333-1323 (v), 217-244-4358 (f) ________________________________________ 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