The promise of 24/7, unlimited access for multiple users makes ebooks seem like a dream, yet rigid copyright structures can introduce usability nightmares. This panel features students and librarians sharing DRM experiences and brainstorming solutions to ease its frustrations.
Access to scholarly resources should be seamless and easy. This session will share results of the set of pilots started by the RA21 project to develop better, more user friendly, and more secure practices for access and authentication to STM information than IP-address recognition.
Don Hamparian manages EZproxy and identity management at OCLC. He is responsible for product strategy and direction for products and software that protect and provide access to OCLC’s services. With a degree in industrial engineering from The Ohio State University and several years... Read More →
Director of Access Services, American University Library
Rob Kelshian has been with the University Library since 1999. As the Director of the Access Services Division, he oversees Circulation Services, Course Reserves, Technology Services, Interlibrary Services, and Media Services. Rob has served in various roles within both the Washington... Read More →
The publishing community recognizes the current hurdles that librarians face on a daily basis with digital piracy (e.g. Sci-Hub). Therefore, as a group, we have assembled to develop tools and a communications workflow in order to make it easier to protect your electronic resources and the safety of the information of your students/staff. Before we officially role this out to the academic community, we would like to share with you and solicit your feedback.
Juan Denzer is the Discovery Services Librarian at SUNY Oswego. He earned his MSLIS IN 2017 from the University at Buffalo, has a B.S. in Computer Sciences from Binghamton University. He is the author of a LITA Guide entitled: Digital Collections and Exhibits. He is also has written... Read More →
With over 15 years experience in the publishing industry, Sari Frances, Manager of Digital License Compliance, has successfully managed IEEE’s IP Protection Program since 2008. IEEE is the world’s largest organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. Sari’s responsibilities... Read More →
As a Vice President, Global Communications, Tom Reller leads a team responsible for linking Global Communications to the Business Units (BUs) and is responsible for understanding BU business needs and applying the right set of communications messages, tactics and programs to help... Read More →
CHORUS has developed tools to identify, ingest and monitor funded article metadata, and is partnering with libraries and publishers to ensure that articles are publicly accessible when required. This session shows how publishers, funders and institutions are working together to develop efficient solutions to reduce the cost of compliance.
Howard is the Executive Director of CHORUS. Over the past two decades, he played a key role in developing innovative technology solutions that have transformed scholarly communications. He co-founded and chaired ORCID – Open Researcher and Contributor ID system, and was active in... Read More →
Judith C. Russell has served as the Dean of University Libraries at the University of Florida since 2007. She was the Managing Director, Information Dissemination and Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), now the Government Publishing Office, from... Read More →
