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! Sent from my iPhone > 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 > > **************** > Corey Murata > Interim Director, Collection Analysis & Strategy > University of Washington Libraries > Box 352900 > Seattle, WA 98195 > (206) 685-9536 > [log in to unmask] > > > -----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