Academic libraries and collection development implications for grey literature

Journal/Book: Publ Res Q. 1997; 13: Dept 3091, Rutgers-the State Univ of Nj, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Transaction Period Consortium. 15-23.

Abstract: The proliferation of grey literature in all subject areas poses great challenges, concerns and responsibilities for libraries. This article examines the major issues most germane to the acquisition and collection development aspects of grey literature and providing access to it in library collections. With increasing academic and scholarly value placed in the grey literature as an original and primary source for information, many collection development policies are beginning to include grey literature as a body of information equally as important as monographs, serials, data files, special collections, manuscripts, maps and other resources in research collections. In the three years since this article was composed and delivered, there were several major developments in scholarly communication and publishing, each benefiting grey Literature greatly. The most paramount was the increase in self-publishing via the World Wide Web (WWW), which scholarly, professional, and commercial publishing venues adopted as their platform of choice. For grey literature, this has been a most exciting migration, with the most enhanced searching capabilities currently available for grey literature, plus the ability to integrate formats and various datasets.

Note: Article Gelfand JM, Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine,CA 92717 USA

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