A Geographical Visualization of GL Community: a Snapshot

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The recent improvements on circulation of research results at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency

The sharing of information about scientific research results on the Internet has developed with the current global advancement of open science, including archiving and disseminating scientific papers in institutional repositories, facilitating access to and use of research data etc. Accessibility to such large volumes of information on the Internet is a very important issue. Without solving the accessibility issue, those contents may remain grey literature. This paper introduces the case study of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) Library as an example of its efforts to improve the circulation of research results in terms of grey literature. JAEA has disseminated information of our research results via the Internet for over decade, but three main issues remain to be solved, aimed at improving the accessibility of grey literature in the open science era; (1) to ensure accessibility of our Internet contents, (2) to consider how our target users find our contents, (3) to improve the user interface of our contents. Finally, we consider enriching the contents of the JAEA Reports and accelerating the circulation of the JAEA R&D results by paying attention to the global trend of open science.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa

'Grey crossroads' in cultural heritage preservation and resource management.

Among the assets that make up the cultural heritage of a country, a special place is assigned to the internal documents produced by organs and entities belonging to the Public Administration. In the public sector, for example, the minutes of meetings of the Boards of Directors are considered historical documents and as such are preserved in the for a long time. Actually from them it is possible to gain insight about the genesis of important decisions which affected the lives of many people. In some countries there is a legal obligation to deposit those documents in long term digital preservation systems, which adhere to ad hoc defined standards. In our opinion, many of those documents can be reckoned as grey literature assets and, beyond “plain and simple” preservation, some additional measures may be deployed in order to extract information and insights from them. In this paper we illustrate a process to collect those assets, cleanse and enrich their metadata and then store them in ad hoc defined data marts, upon which Business Intelligence tools can be used for data navigation and analysis. We finally show some examples of insights that may be acquired from such analysis.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa

Altmetrics and Grey Literature: Perspectives and Challenges

Traditional metrics largely overlook grey literature. The new altmetrics introduced in 2010 as “new, online scholarly tools (that allow) to make new filters” (Altmetrics Manifesto), can include all kinds of scholarly output which makes them interesting for grey literature. The topic of our paper is the connection between altmetrics and grey literature. Do altmetrics offer new opportunities for the development and impact of grey literature? In particular, the paper explores how altmetrics could add value to grey literature, in particular how reference managers, repositories, academic search engines and social networks can produce altmetrics of dissertations, reports, conference papers etc. We explore, too, how new altmetric tools incorporate grey literature as source for impact assessment, and if they do. The discussion analyses the potential but also the limits of the actual application of altmetrics to grey literatures and highlights the importance of unique identifiers, above all the DOI. For the moment, grey literature missed the opportunity to get on board of the new movement. However, getting grey literature into the heart of the coming mainstream adoption of altmetrics is not only essential for the future of grey literature in open science but also for academic and institutional control of research output and societal impact. This can be a special mission for academic librarians.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa

Etude rétrospective sur l'utilisation de l'IRAP par voie intralésionelle dans le traitement des tendinopathies chez le cheval

La cicatrisation suite à une tendinopathie ou une desmopathie est un paramètre déterminant pour la carrière d un cheval. Afin d améliorer la rapidité de celle-ci et la fonctionnalité du tissu cicatriciel, de nouvelles thérapies sont actuellement testées. Ainsi, un échantillon, réunissant des chevaux de course comme de selle qui présentaient des lésions de localisation et d ancienneté diverses, ont pu être traités par injection intra lésionnelle d IRAP puis suivis au CISCO.NANTES-Ecole Nat.Vétérinaire (441092302) / SudocTOULOUSE-EN Vétérinaire (315552301) / SudocSudocFranceF

A terminological “journey” in the Grey Literature domain

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Transition to Open Access and its Implications on Grey Literature Resources

This paper describes the transition to Open Access and its implications on grey literature resources. In this paper we will present current Open Access models, known as “offsetting deals”, which main intention is to avoid “double dipping”. This part will also review the role of library consortia in this process, as well as current Open Access policies in Europe. The second part of this paper will explore the role of grey literature in transition process to Open Access. Grey literature is an important source of original research and up to date information, although the lack of peer review and formal publication standards must be taken into account during an evaluation process. Grey literature plays an important role in the rapid and timely distribution of in-depth, recent, scientific and technical information, and also provides access to a broad range of information and often contains new ideas. Research that is not published in journals but available in other formats (such as reports, theses or conference proceedings) is often more detailed, more recent and sometimes more rapidly disseminated. Due to the competitive and time consuming nature of publishing in peer-reviewed academic journals, some research may never make into journals and would, therefore, be inaccessible to interested parties without the grey literature. We will present possible ways of increasing the visibility of grey literature repositories, their inclusion in open access databases, and how to connect these institutional grey literature repositories with current research information systems.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa

Debate about Scientific Popularization in Russian Public Sphere (Based on Grey Literature Material)

The article is devoted to the problematic field associated with the popularization of science, in the reflection of the grey literature. In Russia, the public sphere is arranged in such a way that still many important issues do not discussed in the press, but on various discussions, which materials fixed in the grey literature.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa

Looking for Information that is Not Easy to Find: An Inventory of LibGuides in Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions Devoted to Grey Literature

In today’s academic society, one of the most popular web-publishing mediums is a university or college LibGuide. Succinctly defined as a content management and publishing system (Giustini, 2016), these sources of information promote knowledge and learning, and are often seen as the perfect solution for busy librarians and subject specialists. Founded in 2007 by Slaven Zivkovic (Springshare, 2013), an entrepreneur with several years’ experience working in libraries, and currently hosted by Springshare, a library technology vendor, LibGuides are presently used by 65,000 librarians and subject specialists across more than 5,000 libraries in 78 countries (Springshare, 2016). A key feature of LibGuides is that anyone can create, use, and learn from them (Giustini, 2016); as a collaborative venture, these guides not only enrich one’s knowledge, they also connect with information creators and seekers worldwide. Further, information produced and available on LibGuides is often material that may not be seen anywhere else; this unique content thus supplements any research pursuit. Libraries use LibGuides to create curricula on a specific subject for a course, promote library collections, and share information within one’s faculty, either locally, nationally, or internationally. As an information portal, content within LibGuides can be seen as a living document, constantly being updated, changed, or enriched. Via the use of a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) content creation approach, users can select templates, copy from existing LibGuides or start from a blank page (Giustini, 2016). Due to its flexibility and adaptability, virtually any LibGuide available on the web can function as a template for a new or existing subject guide. Various pages are linked together via the creation of tabs, functioning in much the same way as the tabs present in an Internet browser. Further, due to the web 2.0 nature of LibGuides, users are able to integrate multimedia content, such as embedding YouTube videos, Twitter feeds, or Chat widgets directly into their pages (Hamilton, 2010). As a collaborative tool, LibGuides can be set up to allow co-owners, even multiple users, to edit content within a guide. One cannot stress enough that grey literature is a vital source of unique information, often far more current than commercially published material, and circulating at a much faster pace than conventional academic journals. Further, due to its almost unrestricted character, grey literature helps to prevent bias, opening doors to new and emerging research. We believe that LibGuides are a type of grey literature and have a valid place among grey literature supporters, believers, and researchers. In our view, LibGuides should be considered for inclusion into the grey literature typology (GreyNet, 2016), as they are published online, easily accessible, provide up-to-date information, promote self-learning, and contain information that is often overlooked and neglected. In our paper, we aim to investigate grey literature LibGuides within university and college communities across Canada, documenting categories of areas and disciplines, showcasing how grey literature LibGuides play a pivotal role in research pursuits at academic institutions.Includes: Conference preprint, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa

Bridging the Knowledge Gaps: What Grey Literature does for the Library of Congress’ Indigenous Law Portal

English: In 2014, the Library of Congress launched the Indigenous Law Portal, an open-access platform with digital resources about how indigenous peoples of the Americas govern themselves. A new classification schedule is being written, Law of the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas (Class KIA-KIX), organizing resources by country and region, legal area, and tribal entity. The classification guides the structure of the online Portal, which includes Canada, the United States, and Mexico to date. The paper will cover the creation of the Portal, the current resources, and the ongoing research on indigenous groups of Central America. Grey literature has been vital to the creation of the name authority records, the classification schedule, and the Portal, whose open access resources serve a diverse global public.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa