Towards a Continuum of Scholarship: The Eventual Collapse of the Distinction Between Grey and non-Grey Literature

Abstract

This is a presentation of 12 slides at GL7: Seventh International Conference on Grey Literature, Nancy, France. The presentation argues that 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.