Unauthorized downloading of scientific information

[Lloyd Davidson <Ldavids@northwestern.edu>]

Dr. John Gorman, a professor at the CUNY John Jay College of Criminal
Justice and the author of a recent paper in the Yale Journal of Law &
Technology titled "Balancing National Security and Open Science: A
Proposal for Due Process Vetting" (text available on request)  has asked
me to post the following question for him.  Please contact Brian Gorman
directly regarding this.  He is researching open access, open science,
government secrecy and national security:

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Q:  Have any of your libraries discovered cases of suspicious downloading
patterns from scientific journals or other technical resources by walk-in
or other users (e.g. massive downloading to capture a journal's archive)?

Brian Gorman, Asst. Prof.
Law, Police Science, Criminal Justice Administration
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
899 10th Ave.
Rm 422 T
New York, NY 10019
212/237-8412 (B)
212/237-8383 FAX
<mailto:bgorman@jjay.cuny.edu>

Lloyd A. Davidson
Life Sciences Librarian and Head, Circulation Services
Seeley G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL  60208