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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello CARLI Open Access Review group,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We have a short list of Open Access/Free E-collections for your review.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The criteria in the spreadsheet mirror the criteria at
</span><a href="https://www.carli.illinois.edu/products-services/collections-management/OA_eBooks"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">https://www.carli.illinois.edu/products-services/collections-management/OA_eBooks</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Within the Box Folder </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://uofi.app.box.com/folder/189617818116__;!!DZ3fjg!_fBr5AGdIhuqHIz-dDC3Sj5-g-FrIE8o2V_RJrdt_9YKDFL32KGk8Aet8dxeZ6VOObYssszXeAk_jzyr82iCGMqoPsisiZp3Nnfw$"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">https://uofi.app.box.com/folder/189617818116</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
is an Excel file named <b>“New Alma Open Access or Free ecollections Round 4” </b>
with the roster of Open Access e-collections to review. We decided each time there are titles shared there would be a two-week review period. Please comment and place your initials in column L (or not) by April 12, 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Also, we seek your advice about a collection we have decreased confidence in. Andrea Imre brought to our attention the status of Hindawi publishing. They have retracted many
articles and been credibly accused of poor scholarly publishing practices. <o:p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Especially problematic are their "Special Issues" with guest editors picked for a theme/subject area and (apparently) have little to no peer review. See </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/19/hindawi-reveals-process-for-retracting-more-than-8000-paper-mill-articles/__;!!DZ3fjg!_fBr5AGdIhuqHIz-dDC3Sj5-g-FrIE8o2V_RJrdt_9YKDFL32KGk8Aet8dxeZ6VOObYssszXeAk_jzyr82iCGMqoPsisibED_dBj$" target="_blank" title="https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/19/hindawi-reveals-process-for-retracting-more-than-8000-paper-mill-articles/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/19/hindawi-reveals-process-for-retracting-more-than-8000-paper-mill-articles/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
or </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/03/the-situation-has-become-appalling-fake-scientific-papers-push-research-credibility-to-crisis-point__;!!DZ3fjg!_fBr5AGdIhuqHIz-dDC3Sj5-g-FrIE8o2V_RJrdt_9YKDFL32KGk8Aet8dxeZ6VOObYssszXeAk_jzyr82iCGMqoPsisiV_b6h5R$" target="_blank" title="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/03/the-situation-has-become-appalling-fake-scientific-papers-push-research-credibility-to-crisis-point"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/03/the-situation-has-become-appalling-fake-scientific-papers-push-research-credibility-to-crisis-point</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Network Zone e-collection:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hindawi Publishing Open Access Journals with 533 portfolios.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Collection ID: 61325027120005816 MMS ID: 991153998337405816<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Per Alma comparison job: 204 (38%) entirely overlap & 144 (27%) partly overlap with other NZ e-collections. (“Partly overlap” means some of the years of coverage are duplicated but not all in
Hindawi by other NZ portfolios.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thank you for your thoughts and reflections on the short e-collections list and on whether the NZ should delete Hindawi publishing’s e-collection. Finally,
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hindawi.com/post/new-era-hindawi-and-open-research/__;!!DZ3fjg!_fBr5AGdIhuqHIz-dDC3Sj5-g-FrIE8o2V_RJrdt_9YKDFL32KGk8Aet8dxeZ6VOObYssszXeAk_jzyr82iCGMqoPsisida-uJyv$">Wiley has purchased Hindawi</a>, and they plan to retire the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://retractionwatch.com/2023/12/06/wiley-to-stop-using-hindawi-name-amid-18-million-revenue-decline/__;!!DZ3fjg!_fBr5AGdIhuqHIz-dDC3Sj5-g-FrIE8o2V_RJrdt_9YKDFL32KGk8Aet8dxeZ6VOObYssszXeAk_jzyr82iCGMqoPsisicxrVxe0$">
Hindawi</a> name. In the long run, this e-collection will disappear and be absorbed into Wiley Open Access e-collections. We have no way to predict when the Alma CZ will catch up with Wiley’s purchase of Hindawi.
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> Let us know any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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