[Eril-l] The IP registry

[Sally J. Lockwood]

Cornell University Library signed up for IP Registry and it is a total game changer!  It is no cost to the university, but content providers must subscribe.  I believe the fee is sliding scale but I haven’t got details.

We *love* IP Registry!  That is excellent the DeGruyter now defaults to using this service, IMHO.  Some of our providers still have address lists that are so ancient we don’t even know where they got the IPs originally.

Here is a quote IP Registry used in a recent email.  It is from our very own E-resources Librarian who set us up.

"I believe it’s a valuable service and I hope that more content providers will keep track of IP changes through here. Just this week I’m auditing our IP addresses with a major aggregator, and their list of our IP addresses is a mess. If they subscribed to the IP Registry, they, their customers, and the accuracy of their customers’ usage data would all benefit greatly."
Peter McCracken, Electronic Resources Librarian, Cornell University

Sally Lockwood
E-Resources Specialist
Working from home
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853


From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> On Behalf Of Leigh Ann DePope
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 3:33 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: [Eril-l] The IP registry

Hi,

I have received emails from DeGruyter about needing to use the IP Registry to manage my university's IP address with DeGruyter.  I'm always concerned about third parties and university data access. Has anyone signed up with the IP Registry? I'd like to hear from folks about this service.

Thanks, Leigh Ann
University of Maryland College Park
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