Towards a Continuum of Scholarship: The Eventual Collapse of the Distinction between Grey and Non-Grey Literature

Authors

Marcus A. Banks, New York University School of Medicine

Date of this Version

2005

Document Type

Article

Citation

Presented at the 7th Grey Literature (GL7) Conference: Open Access to Grey Resources, December 5-6, 2005

Compiled and edited by Dominic J. Farace and Jerry Frantzen

GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Comments

Copyright 2005, the author. Open access material

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.5 (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Abstract

Abstract (from University of Arizona Campus Repository)

This paper argues that the distinction between grey and non-grey (or white) literature will become less relevant over time, as online discovery options proliferate. In the meantime, the political success of the open access publishing movement has valuable lessons for proponents of increasing access to grey literature.