Purpose

This paper aims to study the organisation and management of grey literature (GL) to select social science libraries. Further, the study is an attempt to make known the types of GL; extent of demand and the frequency of use of GL; GL collection in other languages; workshops or training programmes or seminars for GL; bibliographic control for GL, etc., in select social science libraries.

Design/methodology/approach

A survey with the help of a questionnaire followed by interviews was conducted among the social science libraries understudy to explore the issues and challenges involved in organizing and managing GL.

Findings

The study finds that 83.3% of libraries have a separate wing for the management of GL and the majority of the GL acquired by the library are accessed through compact disc and are present in digital form access via online public access catalog.

Originality/value

The paper explores the organisation and management of GL by social science libraries, which is a unique study on its own as the management of GL is not much popular here in India. The study paves the path for more issues to be explored in the area i.e. GL.

中文翻译：

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精选社会科学图书馆中灰色文献的组织和管理

目的

本文旨在研究灰色文献（GL）的组织和管理，以选择社会科学图书馆。此外，该研究是试图弄清GL的类型。需求的程度和使用GL的频率；其他语言的GL收集；GL的讲习班或培训计划或研讨会；在特定的社会科学图书馆中对GL等的书目控制。

设计/方法/方法

在被调查的社会科学图书馆中，通过问卷调查进行了调查，然后进行了访谈，以探讨组织和管理GL所涉及的问题和挑战。

发现

研究发现，有83.3％的图书馆有单独的GL管理部门，图书馆获取的大部分GL通过光盘访问，并通过在线公共访问目录以数字形式访问。

创意/价值

本文探讨了社会科学图书馆对GL的组织和管理，这是一项独特的研究，因为GL的管理在印度并不流行。该研究为在该领域（即GL）中探索更多问题铺平了道路。