The further rise of electronic publishing has come to change the scale and diversity of grey literature facing librarians and other information practitioners. This compiled work brings together research and authorship over the past decade dealing with both the supply and demand sides of grey literature. While this book is written with students and instructors of Colleges and Schools of Library and Information Science in mind, it likewise serves as a reader for information professionals working in any and all like knowledge-based communities.
Author(s): Dominic J. Farace; Joachim Schöpfel
Publisher: de Gruyter
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: VI+282
Frontmatter
Contents
Chapter 1. Grey Publishing and the Information Market: A New Look at Value Chains and Business Models
Chapter 2. How to assure the Quality of Grey Literature: the Case of Evaluation Reports
Chapter 3. Grey Literature produced and published by Universities: A Case for ETDs
Chapter 4. Collection building with special Regards to Report Literature
Chapter 5. Institutional Grey Literature in the University Environment
Chapter 6. Copyright Concerns Confronting Grey Literature
Chapter 7. Theses and Dissertations
Chapter 8. Grey Documents in Open Archives
Chapter 9. OpenSIGLE - Crossroads for Libraries, Research and Educational Institutions in the Field of Grey Literature
Chapter 10. The driving and evolving Role of Grey Literature in High-Energy Physics
Chapter 11. The Use and Influence of Information Produced as Grey Literature by International, Intergovernmental Marine Organizations: Overview of Current Research
Chapter 12. Grey Literature in Karst Research: The Evolution of the Karst Information Portal (KIP)
Chapter 13. Grey Literature Repositories: Tools for NGOs Involved in Public Health Activities in Developing Countries
Chapter 14. Blog Posts and Tweets: The Next Frontier for Grey Literature
Chapter 15. Assessing the Return on Investments in Grey Literature for Institutional Repositories
Chapter 16. e-Science, Cyberinfrastructure and CRIS
Chapter 17. Course and Learning Objective in the Teaching of Grey Literature: The Role of Library and Information Science Education
Backmatter