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Making Grey Literature Available through Institutional Repositories

Making Grey Literature Available through Institutional Repositories. LeRoy J. LaFleur, Social Sciences Bibliographer Nathan A. Rupp, Metadata Librarian Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University. December 6, 2004. Importance of Conference Proceedings as Grey Literature.

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Making Grey Literature Available through Institutional Repositories

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  1. Making Grey Literature Available through Institutional Repositories LeRoy J. LaFleur, Social Sciences Bibliographer Nathan A. Rupp, Metadata Librarian Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University December 6, 2004

  2. Importance of Conference Proceedings as Grey Literature • Supports Cornell University mission • Internal grant report on grey literature • Research findings reported at conferences • Inclusion in bibliographic databases • Archival of university records

  3. Problems with CollectingConference Proceedings • Conferences not widely publicized • Lack of item level indexing • Frequent title changes • Irregular and informal nature

  4. Grey Literature at Cornell • E-prints (arXiv) • Cornell Cooperative Extension documents • Working papers • Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program • Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies • Technical Papers (Computer Science, Information Science) • Conference Proceedings (New York Wine Industry Workshop)

  5. Life Sciences Conference Proceedings Repository Project • Identifying proceedings • Identifying information technology • Proceedings collection • Metadata creation • Loading into repository • Evaluation and program design

  6. Institutional Repositories • Cornell experiments with institutional repositories • Why DSpace? • Granting committee recommendation • Metadata creation tool • Hierarchical structure

  7. Dspace Hierarchy Collection Object Object Subcommunity Collection Object Object Collection Object Object Community Subcommunity Collection Object Object Collection Object Object Subcommunity Collection Object Object

  8. Proceedings Hierarchy Community Subcommunity Collection ???? Conference Year Vet School Conference Year Proc. Life Sciences Conf. Proc. Proc. CALS Proc.

  9. Other DSpace “Features” • Metadata creation • Complex and lengthy form • Develop our own form for batch loading metadata • Consider metadata creation needs of library staff, not end users • Preservation • Bitstream vs. actual file formats

  10. Evaluation and Program Design • Cost recovery • Staffing • Scanning • Access control • Preservation • Resource sharing

  11. Digital Library Platforms: Choices

  12. Making Grey Literature Available through Institutional Repositories Questions? Thank You

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