Catch 22; Libraries in the Age of Sharing
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What can or should libraries do with illegal sharing of academic resources such as SCI-HUB or #icanhazPDF?
Catch 22; Libraries in the Age of Sharing
- 1. Catch 22; Libraries in the Age of Sharing Seang-ILL Peter Bae Princeton University Library May 20th 2016 The LLA 3rd Conference
- 2. A Library Conferenceis a Librarians Party. We work hard but we party harder.
- 3. I haveaquestion.Pleasehelpmetoanswer withyour thoughtsandexperiences. Whatcanorshouldlibrariesdo withillegal sharing ofacademicresourcessuch as SCI-HUBor#icanhazPDF?
- 4. Libraries: sharing before sharing was cool.
- 5. Internet helps us to share our knowledge faster and more efficiently. However, what about the quality of information we share on the Internet?
- 6. Peter Steiner, publishedby The NewYorker on July 5, 1993. Everything is on the Internet and everything on the Internet is free. When a decision maker believes this, we are in a deep trouble.
- 7. Sharing isGood. Lets share everything !
- 8. Early Interlibrary Loan System
- 9. 8th century manuscriptsharedby GermanMonastery Libraries Interlibrary Loan between medieval Cordova(Spain) and Bagdad.
- 10. International Interlibrary Loan 1883: Austria grants Intl. ILL 1900: Library of Congress 1910s:Royal Library of Berlin-6,500 to 12,000 loan annually.
- 12. Borrowing top 5 Lending top 5 U.Pennsylvania 106,494 U.Minnesota 131,918 Ohio State 95,791 U.Wisconsin 125.502 Yale U. 87,135 Ohio State 106,507 U.Wisconsin 81,149 U.Illinois, Urbana 86,226 Washington U. 75,889 Colorado U. 82,629 From 2013-2014 ARL)Association ofResearch Libraries( Statistics
- 13. We try hard but some users, either do not know about our service or maybe they are not satisfied with what we offer. So they started
- 14. When you need an article which you cannot get access, send a message on twitter with hashtag, #icanhazPDF. Then someone who can access the article may send you the file. After received the file, delete the twitter message. Not always the user cannot access but
- 16. Created in 2011 by a scholar from Kazakhstan, Alexandra Elbakyan; a reaction to high paywall. More than 5 million articles available. Elbakyan claims, access credentials are donated by scholars. DOI Article Title Publishers URL of Article If SCI-HUB has article, immediate PDF access, otherwise, tries to download it from a library.
- 17. Founder: remove all barriersin the way of science. Publishers: This is a clear piracy of copyrighted materials. Ill sue you, lets talk at the court and they did. Librarians: Hmmthis is an illegal activity. But I understandwhy they did it. Users:I need that article and I need it now. Since I use it for my research,this is not a criminal act.
- 18. What Authors say: "Im torn in the sense I think it would be better for the science community if findings were made freely available," he says. "But Im not sure how to sustain functions of society journals." I never felt people were pirating my work "I feel work paid for with public money should be open for free * What Do the Authors of Sci-Hubs Most-Downloaded Articles Think About Sci-Hub? (2016, May 13). Retrieved May 16, 2016, from http://chronicle.com/article/What-Do-the-Authors- of/236469/
- 19. Bohannon,J. )2016(. Whos downloadingpirated papers? Everyone. Science. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf5664
- 22. Some Concerns; End user agreement and libraries license agreement; legal issues. Journal subscription cost can increase. More cumbersome log on process. Patron Privacy and network security.
- 23. WHY our patrons useSCI-HUB?
- 32. Ifourusersstarttheirresearch from Google,notfromthe librarywebpage, thencanwefollowthem towhere they areasalibrarybookmarketorweb- browseradd-on?(i.e.ArticleGalaxyWidgetbyRePrint Desk.http://info.reprintsdesk.com/widget101)
- 34. RapidILL
- 35. RapidILL A Web based service which ownsmember libraries serial holdinginfo(including e-jnl holdings). Requests coming with astandard number will be sent automatically topossible lenders. Articlecan besent through RapidX delivery system. Oncearticle is received,borrowing library sends arrival notice automatically tothe user.
- 40. WhatifAlexandraElbakyansLibrary had offereda simpleandeasy ILLservices?
- 41. AsimpleandfastILL service,includingan activecross-border ILL isacrucialsupport forresearchers.
- 44. Meanwhile, here aresomehelps for your ILL Works. ShareILL:http://shareill.org IFLADDRS(DocumentDelivery andResourceSharing Section) Ask Expert:http://www.ifla.org/docdel VariousMailing List:DOC-DEL-L,ILL-L ILLers; a FB Group For Interlibrary Loan Librarians https://www.facebook.com/groups/172179662942180/
- 45. Lets remember, we are all librarians, the same spices, regardless where we work. So lets share our resources and ideas.
- 46. Lets remember, we are all librarians, the same spices, regardless where we work. So lets share our resources and ideas.