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Challenges Of Selection And Acquisition Of Grey Literature In Libraries
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1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Selection
and acquisition of grey literature has always been problematic. As
Charles .P. Augur points out in his book, the core reason for
difficulties in identifying and acquiring this kinds of literature are
due to its :poor bibliographic information and control, non-professional
layout and, low print runs†(Augur 1989,3). The implementation of
bibliographic control through ISBN, ISSN and report number has been
somewhat helpful, but also disorganized. For instance, reports which
makes up the lion’s share of grey literature, do not use ISBN as a rule
Instead, reports numbering was intrated as a means to introduce
standardisation.
The problem is that, these numbers were designed to
include subject matter, date, form, agency, section, additional data and
consequently are quite long and confusing.
In addition some
categories of this kind of literature do contain security restrictions.
M.C Debachere points out that problems arise in libraries when a pation
request a particular document and it is not apparent where to begin the
search. (Debachere, 1995, 95).
1.4 SCOPE/LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This
research work is focused on challenges of selection and acquisition of
grey literature in libraries. It is extremely difficult to conduct a
research of this nature that embraces all libraries in Nigeria, this is
because the vital data for such a study will be difficult to come by.
Therefore,
to ensure the efficient and effective collection of relevant data, the
researcher brought the scope of the study to a more manageable size and
will restrict the investigation to only two academic libraries, namely;
Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) and Imo State University
(IMSU) libraries both of Owerri. It is natural to encounter problems in a
study like this because it’s broader wise.
In as much as time and
financial constraint becomes my shortcoming, in terms of transportation
and photocopying materials, this research work is limited to internet
search and interviews form acquisition librarians of two schools stated
above.
1.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
This study is carried to:
i. Identify the importance of grey literature in libraries.
ii. To find out its selection and acquisition process.
iii. To know the different types of grey literature.
iv. To know what challenges are encounter in acquiring grey literature and how to face them.
v. To know what constitute the grey literature and who uses them.
vi. To identify the problems of grey literature and their possible solutions.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Most librarians has been selecting and acquiring library materials, including the unpublished literatures without knowing the terms generally used for them.this research project therefore has been carried out to create awareness to some librarians and staff of the library on what we called “grey literatureâ€. This term is not familiar with most librarians but this project will educated them on the term.The research work (project) is based on the polytechnics requirement of the award o ... Continue reading---
