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Challenges Of Selection And Acquisition Of Grey Literature In Libraries
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1.9.3 GREY LITERATURE: This
is the term used to cover all publications that are not controlled by
commercial publishing interests. That is, those publications that are
issued by government, academia, business and industry in both print and
electronic format. Grey literature comprises of newsletters, reports,
working papers, theses, government documents, bulletins, fact sheets,
symposia, conference proceedings etc.
Virtually everything we read outside of journals and books can be considered grey literature.
1.9.4
LIBRARIES: When there is more than one library, there are libraries. A
library is not a store house of books as commonly believed by some
people (layman), rather it is a collection of books and non-book
materials organised for use. It is a store house of information and
knowledge. It is an agency that is involved in the selection,
acquisition, organisation, preservation, storage, retrieval and
dissemination of information through books and non-book material for
users.
1.9.5 A library could also be “a building room or set of rooms
containing an organised collection of prints and/or non-print materials
for the use of the public or of some particular portion of it (Oduagwu,
2002).
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(1) Anyanwu, E. Zander, E., and Emma, A. (2006)
Introduction to collection development in libraries. Owerri: Springfield publishers ltd. P. 47 and 85
(2) Augur, C.P (1989) I nformation sources in Grey Literature, 2nd ed.
London: Bowker-saur
(3)
Gelfard, J. (1998) “ Teaching and Exposing Grey Literature: What the
information profession needs to know; Examples from the sciencesâ€
Amstardam: Trans Atlantic
(4) Oduagwu, E.A (2002) Library and information science: Theory and Practice.
Owerri: Grace of God publishers
p.2 and 70
(5) Subramanyam, K. (1981) Scientific and technical information Resources.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Most librarians has been selecting and acquiring library materials, including the unpublished literatures without knowing the terms generally used for them.this research project therefore has been carried out to create awareness to some librarians and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---
