[Eril-l] Creating PDFs with DRM

[Mackinder, Lisa]

Thanks, Jessica.

Can you point me to any more info about ProQuest’s DASH service?  I can’t seem to find anything on proquest.com.

We have the authentication piece figured out, the problem I’m facing is DRM restrictions on downloading and printing.  Do you know if the DASH service can handle that function?


Best,

Lisa


Lisa Mackinder | Head of Acquisitions and Collections Services
Alden Library | Ohio University
740-593-2707 | mackinde at ohio.edu<mailto:mackinde at ohio.edu>

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Jessica Harris
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 12:45 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Creating PDFs with DRM

As a temporary solution, our Systems Manager adds PDF ebooks to our proxy server. The link comes out looking like this and requires our patrons to sign in with their campus credentials:

https://libproxy.scu.edu/limited/planetizenguide2015.pdf

If you have ebook collections through ProQuest (e.g., their Academic Complete collection), they'll give you access to their DASH service free of charge, which has the capability to host PDFs behind the proxy.

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Jessica Harris, Head of Electronic Resources & Serials
Santa Clara University Library
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
jaharris at scu.edu<mailto:jaharris at scu.edu> or eresources at scu.edu<mailto:eresources at scu.edu>
(408) 554-5356<tel:%28408%29%20554-5356>

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Hockenberry, Benjamin <bhockenberry at sjfc.edu<mailto:bhockenberry at sjfc.edu>> wrote:
Acrobat can block users from printing or editing a document (walkthrough<https://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/HowTo/AcrobatX/printing.html>).  I don’t have experience with tools to prevent download, though.

Ben Hockenberry, Systems Librarian
Lavery Library, St. John Fisher College | 3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618
(585) 385-8382<tel:%28585%29%20385-8382> | bhockenberry at sjfc.edu<mailto:bhockenberry at sjfc.edu>

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>] On Behalf Of Mackinder, Lisa
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 11:08 AM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: [Eril-l] Creating PDFs with DRM

Hello,

We receive proprietary PDFs from a third-party as donations.  Rather than incur the expense of printing and binding them to add to the collection, we’d like to provide access electronically.  However, the third party wants assurances that we can prevent downloading and printing of the PDFs.  So I’m exploring this possibility.

Does anyone have any experience with a way to accomplish this type of protection?  I’m thinking there must be a product or platform out there that can take a PDF and provide DRM restrictions to it to limit downloading and printing.

Thanks for your help,


Lisa


Lisa Mackinder | Head of Acquisitions and Collections Services
Alden Library | Ohio University
740-593-2707<tel:740-593-2707> | mackinde at ohio.edu<mailto:mackinde at ohio.edu>


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