Awareness and empowerment in document production and distribution as a "must" for open access: Experiences from the "Nancy style" to guarantee quality

De Castro, Paola and Salinetti, Sandra and Banks, Marcus Awareness and empowerment in document production and distribution as a "must" for open access: Experiences from the "Nancy style" to guarantee quality., 2006 . In GL8 : Eighth International Conference on Grey Literature, New Orleans (US), 5-6 December 2006. [Conference paper]

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With the objective to create major awareness on quality issues in grey literature (GL) creators, users, and policy makers, the following actions were developed: analysis of GL in the changing context; reflections on the development of the "Nancy style" that is the Guidelines for the production of scientific and technical reports, (http://www.glisc.info); comparison between "Nancy style" and ANSI/NISO Z39.18; promotion of the "Nancy style".

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: grey literature, technical reports, guidelines
Subjects: E. Publishing and legal issues.
E. Publishing and legal issues. > EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Depositing user: Paola De Castro
Date deposited: 12 Jul 2008
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:12
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11904

References

De Castro P, Salinetti S. “Uniform Requirements” for grey literature: proposal for the adoption of “Nancy style”. Publishing Research Quarterly 2006;22(1):12-7.

Grey Literature International Steering Committee. Guidelines for the production of scientific and technical reports. Version 1.0. GLISC; 2006. Available at: http://www.glisc.info; last visited Nov. 14, 2006.

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ANSI/NISO. Scientific and Technical Reports – Preparation, Presentation, and Preservation. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press; 2005. (Standard Z39.18-2005). Available at: http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-18-2005.pdf; last visited Nov. 14, 2006.

De Castro P, Salinetti S. Writing and issuing Grey literature. Chapter 1-3.6. In: Science Editors Handbook. European Association of Science Editors; 2006.

De Castro P. Scientists produce and use grey literature, but are they aware of the implications of doing so? European Science Editing 2006;32(4):95-7.

Banks M. Towards a continuum of scholarship: the eventual collapse of the distinction between grey and non-grey literature. Publishing Research Quarterly 2006;22(1): 4-11


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