Cites & Insights 17:3 (April 2017) available

Cites & Insights 17:3 (April 2017) is now available for downloading at http://citesandinsights.info/civ17i3.pdf

The 32-page 6"x9" single-column issue* includes two essays:

The Art of the Beall pp. 1-20

[Hat-tip to Phil Davis for the title.] The blacklists have "disappeared," but not the blather. Almost entirely material from January 16, 2017 to April 3, 2017. And remember that a comprehensive study of journals that were on the lists and their article counts from 2012 through June 30, 2016 is available as C&I 17.1.

Libraries and Communities pp. 21-32

If the first essay's all recent material, this one's not: items date from October 2009 to May 2014. Some thoughts on libraries and/in their communities, mostly by people better qualified to write about these things than I am

*Reminder: Cites & Insights is now optimized for online/tablet reading. If you're printing it out, I recommend having your PDF software print as a booklet, which should require 8 sheets of paper. Very slightly smaller type, good paper efficiency.