The development of the Panorama Project will be guided by these founding principles:

Independence

The project is led by Daniel Albohn and an advisory council which includes members from Penguin Random House, Sourcebooks, Open Road Media, American Library Association, Audio Publishers Association, NISO, OverDrive, and Ingram Content Group. Initial funding is being provided by OverDrive, Inc.

Neutrality

The Advisory Council is comprised of interested stakeholders from the publishing, library, bookselling, and vendor communities. The Council will be charged with ensuring that the organization maintains neutrality, meaning that its research methodologies and findings remain as free as possible from bias.

Transparency

The project will strive for transparency in its organization, operations, finances, research methodologies, and communications. The project will make data contributors aware of what is being done with their data at every stage of the data submission and integration process.

Privacy

The project will not accept or use any personally identifiable information (PII). The project will make commercially reasonable efforts to screen all incoming data for PII and reject data that contains PII.

Security

The project will implement and maintain the highest possible data security protections, including protection of partner data in all phases of its interactions and operations. The project will implement access control systems to ensure that partners can control, monitor and retract their data.

Integrity

Data submitted to the project will only be used for intended project purposes. The Advisory Council will approve all research initiatives to ensure that they align with the project’s goals and principles. The project will not sell, market or redistribute any contributor data.