Rethinking Authentication, Revamping the Business

[…] readily associated with one’s usage activity, providing advantages both for security and personalization. By contrast, proxies provide greater anonymity and privacy. IP authentication in combination with proxy servers for remote access are the basis for the bundled site license model. […]

Library Licensing Strategies

[…] is an important value in librarianship. But, it is not the only value. Ensuring accessibility for people with disabilities, reader privacy, equity in access to resources and services, bibliodiversity, and long-term preservation are just some of the additional values and […]

Ask the Fellows: SSP 2023 Annual Meeting

[…] to the scholarly publishing ecosystem were discussed, especially on how AI has revolutionized scholarly communication fields. The session on “Licensing Privacy: What Librarians Want” was mind-blowing and my major Annual Meeting highlight. Meeting Athena Hoeppner, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Cody Hanson, […]

Ask the Fellows: SSP 2022 Annual Meeting

[…] change which is a critical issue in current times. I learned from the perspectives of both librarians and vendors regarding privacy concerns due to cookies usage and how to address user privacy where some functionalities require personal information for a […]

Isn’t Leakage Good for Libraries?

[…] more dangerous possibility. There are two reasons that libraries might be concerned about the challenges created by such new entrants. Privacy A platform like ResearchGate could, of course, choose to monetize itself through direct charges, to authors or readers, for […]

Identity Is Everything

[…] to improve the security of content providers in the face of rampant piracy may have consequences for, among other things, privacy and the future of IP authentication. I strongly agree with her perspective about RA21, and I want to take […]