Hi all,

Please read following article:

What about the idea to write an official FIM4L response?

I think we can note that:

It is time that libraries indeed need to fight this problem.
Both libraries and publishers should work on this.
SSO authentication methods can be used to reach the goal of better privacy, rather than IP-based authentication.
Libraries and publishers need to work together on protecting users' privacy.
We need to work together towards a new trust model anchored in a contract.
Only together we can make a safe 'information journey' for researchers and students.
We need each other, even when articles are published in Open Access. We can create a safe logon and can agree on a contractual basis that a publisher provides a safe journey for an authenticated user, rather than not authenticated users who are exposed to whatever the publisher is looking for.

All the best,

Jos

Jos Westerbeke