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Volume 62 (2012) Issue 2 Pages 50-54

Overview : rethinking the grey literature's definition(<Special feature>Grey literature)

Kiyoshi IKEDA

Grey literature said to do difficult to obtain through commercial publishers. Recently, according to the spread of institutional repositories, grey literature is published on the Web and its full text is open to the public, then it has become easily accessible. Yet, the accessibility of grey literature has not been fully resolved. In this paper, the author introduces the definition of grey literature based on the discussion of the International Conference on Grey Literature (International Conference on Grey literature) and tries to reorganize and discuss on issues concerning the problems of grey literature accessibility. The author indicates that there are still many challenges in this field, also indicates that stable access to the sources on the Web is not always guaranteed. It is concluded that expertises and experiences of a librarian should be leveraged to get solutions regarding the accessibility of grey literature.

Volume 62 (2012) Issue 2 Pages 72-77

The characteristics of university research bulletins in Japan : are they transforming from "grey" to "transparent"?(<Special feature>Grey literature)

Hiroya TAKEUCHI

The author reviews the present situation of kiyo or Japanese university research bulletin, focusing the difficulty of the definition, history, characteristics and quality of papers appears in kiyo. The reason why the kiyo has published continuously without being replaced by society or specialized journals is discussed from the viewpoints of the scholars in social science and humanities. The digitization of kiyo was described in connection with the development of institutional repositories and interlibrary loans among university libraries in Japan. The author also discusses the way to maintain the quality of papers appeared in kiyo and the way to manage the library collections where many libraries face the lack of storage space in Japanese university libraries.

Volume 41 (1991) Issue 12 Pages 895-901

Present status of 9rey literature in Japan (<Special feature>Grey literature)

Takeyoshi HANADA

Grey literature (GL) is hard to local and difficulty obtainable because of limited distribution. Many important literature are found in GL, therefore, GL is demanded even from foreigh countries, as indicated in the new U.S.-Japan scientific cooperation agreement. Types of GL produced in Japan are outlined and information service concerning GL are presented. Measures to improve the accessibility of GL arediscussed.

Volume 41 (1991) Issue 12 Pages 951-956

Acquisition and supply of grey literature at the BLDSC (<Special feature>Grey literature)

Satoshi IWASAWA

Volume 41 (1991) Issue 12 Pages 943-950

U.S. federal information dissemination system and its recent trends (<Special feature>Grey literature)

Syunsuke HASEGAWA, Riyako MORIYAMA

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