[Fim4l] Critical article

Jos Westerbeke jos.westerbeke at eur.nl
Fri Apr 16 12:09:46 CEST 2021


Hi all,


Please read following article:

https://elephantinthelab.org/when-your-journal-reads-you/


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
Library IT specialist/manager  | Erasmus University Rotterdam, Library | Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 | 3062PA Rotterdam | jos.westerbeke at eur.nl<mailto:jos.westerbeke at eur.nl> | +31 640295513

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