[LINK] Grey literature conference at NLA in October
Tom Worthington
tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Sat Sep 22 10:02:57 AEST 2012
On 21/09/12 14:01, Paul Koerbin wrote:
> ... 10th October 2012 in Canberra
> http://eidos.org.au/v2/grey-literature
>
> ... policy research which is often produced outside formal commercial
> publishing channels as 'grey literature' ...
The Wikipedia defines "Grey literature" as: "... written material such
as reports that is difficult to find via conventional channels such as
published journals and monographs because it is not published
commercially or is generally inaccessible."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_literature
This indicates an outmoded way of thinking by librarians. The usual way
to access information now is via a web search. Journals and monographs
published commercially are generally inaccessible via this conventional
channel.
So the term "Grey literature" should be redefined to mean the difficult
to access commercially published material.
I suggest that librarians should free themselves from being unpaid
agents of commercial publishers. Librarians could help authors publish
directly, in the public interest.
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