Document supply and open access: an international survey on grey literature
Abstract
Purpose
This article seeks to investigate the impact of the open archive initiative on the document supply of grey literature.
Design/methodology/approach
The article is based on a comparative survey of five major institutions: The British Library (UK), CISTI (Canada), INIST‐CNRS (France), KISTI (South Korea) and TIB Hannover (Germany).
Findings
All major document suppliers are more or less deeply involved in the open archive movement, and this involvement has an obvious impact on the policy of acquisition, archiving and supply of grey literature (dissertations, reports, conferences, etc.).
Originality/value
Even if the impact of increased access to digital resources on document supply is relatively well documented, little is known about the specific effect on grey literature, especially in the OA environment. This study provides some evidence concerning this effect.
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Citation
Boukacem‐Zeghmouri, C. and Schöpfel, J. (2006), "Document supply and open access: an international survey on grey literature", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 96-104. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641610610686012
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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