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  1. Check to see if the OA e-collection is predatory on Beall's List
  2. Are the journals or e-books available from another e-collection?
    1. If there is a Wiley OA e-collection activated and a new e-collection is added, run an overlap comparison to determine if a second OA e-collection is necessary
    2. If the new OA e-collection added is replacing a previous OA e-collection from the same vendor, activate the new OA e-collection and delete the older OA e-collection.
  3. Check if the content is truly full text not just abstracts or reviews or articles
  4. Check the vendor's site for information about their OA titles
    1. Check if the articles are truly open access
    2. Doesn't require a institutional membership or a membership fee to gain access
  5. Check if the OA resource requires a login
    1. Does the site require the user to login to gain access
      1. If user has to create an account on the site, do not activate this resource
  6. If the OA e-collection is activated
    1. Add it to the list of Shared NZ Resources
    2. Add internal note 
      1. "This is an Open Access resource"
        1. Can create a query of Open Access resources in the NZ.  The default "Equals Free" query does not always return all OA e-collections
    3. Add Public Note
      1. "May need to re-submit the search in the journal ( or ebook)e-book.  Freely-available Web resource not maintained by the library. Access may be inconsistent."

    4. The Proxy settings must be set to NO in each library's group setting

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