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Joachim SCHÖPFEL: Senior Lecturer in Information and Communication Sciences, Université Lille 3 - Director of the Atelier National de Reproduction des Thèses and member of the GERiiCO laboratory
INTRODUCTION
The open science movement is improving the accessibility of grey literature. However, the lack of identifiers and problems of quality and richness of metadata are still a handicap when it comes to finding these documents, and long-term preservation represents a major challenge for their long-term survival.
What does this little-known term "grey literature" mean?
When should you include conferences, reports, dissertations or working papers in your monitoring system?
Are there differences according to field or theme?
How do you assess the quality of this type of document?
Where can I find these documents?
Is grey literature royalty-free?
This fact sheet will help to make better use of unpublished or unmarketed scientific and technical work, in particular conferences, reports, dissertations and working papers.
It will also address a number of issues relating to the integration of grey literature into a scientific and technical watch system.
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Accart J.-P. and Rivier A., Mémento de l'information numérique , Paris, Éd. du Cercle de la librairie, 2012
Chauvin S. et al , "Master's theses in open archives", in CIUEN 2010, Strasbourg, June 14-16, 2010 , 2010
Farace D. J. and Schöpfel J. (eds.), Grey Literature in Library and Information Studies , Berlin, De Gruyter Saur, 2010...
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GreyNet Grey Literature Network Service
The aim of GreyNet is to facilitate dialogue, research and communication between people and organizations in the field of grey literature.
Further information on grey literature can be found in the LibGuides of many universities, for example
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