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Grey literature produced and made available by universities - helping future scholars or plagiarists?
Južnič, Primož
Universities and other institutions of higher education are far the greatest producers of grey literature (GL). Most of their education process is based on various written essays or other sorts of ...similar tasks. Even more important,the whole process is usually finished by some sort of written theses/dissertation (graduation work, diploma) that shows a graduate is capable of research work and has a proper knowledge of the field. The traditional paradigm was to make this material available through academic libraries. The Internet has helped to simplify this process and relieve academic librarians from trivial and routine tasks. It has also made it easier for all potential users, often students themselves, to access these materials, adding to other materials they can use that are part of GL materials. This sounds like a great leap forward if current research did not indicate that academic plagiarism is now a very serious problem worldwide. The research presented in this paper presents how librarians are getting involved both in making materials available and at the same time in fighting plagiarism and how their expertise in dealing with different information sources, including those called "grey literature," can be used to help teaching staff in their struggle to maintain the quality of academic education. This is also one of the factors turning traditional library tasks and services toward the more professional expertise expected by information technology experts. The survey of academic libraries in Slovenia presents the availability of theses and dissertations and other services offered by academic libraries and librarians and their future plans.
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