Christiane Stock’s research while affiliated with Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, French National Centre for Scientific Research and other places

In the spring of 2014, a workshop took place at the Italian National Council of Research inPisa¹. The topic of this event dealt with policy development for grey literature resources. Some seventy participants from nine countries took an active part in the workshop - the outcome of which produced what is today known as the Pisa Declaration². This fifteen point document arising from the input of those who attended the workshop sought to provide a roadmap that would help to serve diverse communities involved in research, publication and the management of grey literature both in electronic and print formats. The Pisa Declaration has been translated and published in some twenty languages. They are all accessible online via the GreyGuide Repository³ and Portal⁴. Currently, 140 information professionals from renowned organizations worldwide have endorsed this document⁵. In an effort to assess the impact that the Pisa Declaration has had during the last two years on the policy development for grey literature resources, an online survey among those who endorsed the document was carried out and their responses were analysed. Descriptive statistics and short summaries are used to describe the basic features of the data collected. They are combined with simple graphics that offer easier visual representation of the results achieved. Specific results of the survey analysis indicate those points in the Pisa Declaration that in varying degrees are of relevance and importance to grey literature, as well as points that need further attention and work. Although integral part of library and information management practice grey literature has its own peculiarities and needs that require special attention in order to reach its deserved level of importance in today’s research and other activities.

This project seeks to circumvent the data vs. documents camp in the grey literature community by woy of a middle ground provided through enhanced publications. Enhanced publications allow for a fuller understanding of the process in which data and information are used and applied in the generation of knowledge. The enhanced publication of grey literature precludes the idea of a random selection of data and information, and instead focuses on the human intervention in data-rich environments. The definition of an enhanced publication is borrowed from the DRIVER-II project, "a publication that is enhanced with three categories of information: research data, extra materials, and postpublication data". Enhanced publications combine textual resources i.e. documents intended to be read by human beings, which contain an interpretation or analysis of primary data. Enhanced publications inherently contribute to the review process of grey literature as well as the replication of research and improved visibility of research results in the scholarly communication chain.

First presented at the GL8 1 conference in New Orleans 2006 as a prototype, OpenSIGLE went life in December 2007. After three years of existence, the results are beyond all expectations. OpenSIGLE has become a reference source for grey literature, and its user community has grown constantly, especially from outside Europe. The integration of the GL conference preprints into the repository from 2008 onwards not only added research papers on the topic of grey literature to its contents, but also permitted OpenSIGLE to be accepted in the "Directory of Open Access Repositories" (OpenDOAR*). In spite of the success of OpenSIGLE it's not wise to rest on one's laurels. The change of name to "OpenGrey" signifies a shift in the content of the repository as well as in its physical appearance. Besides providing a new look and a more convenient technological environment, OpenGrey closes the gap between the close of the SIGLE* database and today, including recent records and links to the full text. The paper presents the new website which includes numerous facilities requested by users such as OAI-PMH*, the possibility to export records and an improved access to the document itself. OpenGrey also takes into account a changed user behaviour, where visitors arrive after searching Google or Google Scholar* and want all relevant information at a glance. The paper further explains input procedures and gives other information for the ongoing updates of the repository. Finally we call former SIGLE members and new partners to contribute to OpenGrey.

La 11ème conférence internationale sur la littérature grise GL11 fut organisée en coopération avec FLICC (Federal Library and Information Center Committee), un comité de coordination de bibliothèques et agences fédérales américaines émanant de la Bibliothèque du Congrès à Washington. C'est également cette prestigieuse Library of Congress qui a accueilli la manifestation dans ses locaux.

Issues du mouvement vers l'accès libre à l'information scientifique, les archives ouvertes constituent une formidable ressource documentaire pour la formation et l'autoformation à distance, en particulier dans l'enseignement supérieur. L'article présente les résultats d'une étude empirique sur le contenu de 56 archives ouvertes en France en 2008. Parmi les différents aspects abordés : typologie des sites et organismes, domaines scientifiques, nombre des dépôts, types de documents, qualité des contenus, avec une attention particulière pour les contenus non commerciaux (littérature grise).

Issues du mouvement vers l'accès libre à l'information scientifique, les archives ouvertes constituent une formidable ressource documentaire pour la recherche scientifique. Malgré l'impact croissant de ces archives, il n'y a que peu de données sur le dépôt de la littérature grise. L'article présente les résultats d'une étude empirique sur le contenu de 56 archives ouvertes en France en 2008. Parmi les différents aspects abordés : typologie des sites et organismes, domaines scientifiques, nombre des dépôts, types de documents, qualité des contenus, avec une attention particulière pour les contenus non commerciaux (thèses, rapports, conférences...).

EAGLE, l'association européenne qui a produit la base de données SIGLE (“System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe”) entre 1980 et 2005, a été liquidée en 2006. Cependant, les membres d'EAGLE veulent maintenir le réseau européen de littérature grise et transformer le modèle de 1980 en une coopération durable dans l'environnement de l'accès libre à l'information scientifique. L'INIST a développé cette base de données à partir du logiciel DSpace (MIT). La communication décrit la 2e phase du projet - chargement des notices, intégration du texte intégral des documents de GreyNet - et les perspectives.