What is Indiana Publishing: Grey Literature?
Indiana Publishing: Grey Literature is a library publishing service for texts created by the IU community that are not publishable by scholarly or commercial presses but that are nonetheless worthy of the affordances of a publisher.
- Free for Authors
- Free for Readers
- Authors Retain Copyright
- IU Branding
- Digital First
- Housed in IUBL’s Scholarly Communication Department
Whom We Publish
Manuscripts created by (at least one member of) the IU community
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
- Centers
- Research Groups
- Etc.
What We Publish
Manuscripts that are not publishable by scholarly or commercial presses
- not expected to sell or too costly to publish
- too short or too long
- not apt for peer review
- digital scholarship
What We Publish: Genres
- Books
- Companions
- Conference Proceedings
- Reports / White Papers
What We Publish: Criteria
- External (Peer) Review: No
- Internal Review: Yes
- High Impact
- Digital Affordances
- Historically Excluded Groups
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Why should the manuscript be published by Indiana Publishing: Grey Literature rather than yourself?
How We Help
Publishing Options Before Indiana Publishing
Self Publishing
- IU ScholarWorks
- Pressbooks
Limitations
- Unaware / Uncertain Authors
- Inaccessible Publications
- Etc.
How We Help: Services
- Copyright and Licensing Advice
- Media Advice
- Digital Publication Creation
- Accessibility
- Discoverability
- Bibliometrics
- Preservation
- Publicity
Where We’re Going
- Print-on-Demand
- Discoverability (Enhanced)
- IU Integration
- Graphic Design
