FJC Grey Literature: Lady Justice Goes Grey

Abstract

The Center recognizes the significant role of the Internet in getting new and lesser-known resources to the legal community because of the ease of accessibility and locating grey literature to answer legal questions. Therefore, the Center developed its new website to function as an open access repository of its robust grey legal collection. Successes and setbacks are revealed as analytics demonstrate an increase and eventual plateau in electronic resource requests. Center information professionals must overcome access issues through improved architecture and search design to maintain current patrons and attract new users to the website. The Center's contribution to the body of grey literature after more than four decades of existence is astounding, but without effective promotion of our collection on the Internet, the rest of the world will never know about this significant body of work.