<s>
The	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
repository	O
provides	O
open	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
bibliographic	O
records	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
SIGLE	B-Library
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
archive	O
was	O
decided	O
by	O
some	O
major	O
European	O
STI	O
centres	O
,	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
European	O
network	O
EAGLE	O
for	O
the	O
collection	O
and	O
dissemination	O
of	O
grey	O
literature	O
(	O
European	O
Association	O
for	O
Grey	O
Literature	O
Exploitation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
French	O
INIST-CNRS	O
,	O
with	O
assistance	O
from	O
the	O
German	O
FIZ	O
Karlsruhe	O
and	O
the	O
Dutch	O
Grey	O
Literature	O
Network	O
Service	O
(	O
GreyNet	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
an	O
INIST-CNRS	O
server	O
at	O
Nancy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
Access	O
movement	O
,	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
is	O
referenced	O
by	O
the	O
international	O
Directory	O
of	O
Open	O
Access	O
Repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SIGLE	B-Library
(	O
System	B-Library
for	I-Library
Information	I-Library
on	I-Library
Grey	I-Library
Literature	I-Library
in	I-Library
Europe	I-Library
)	O
was	O
a	O
unique	O
multidisciplinary	O
bibliographic	B-Library
database	I-Library
dedicated	O
to	O
grey	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
15	O
European	O
partners	O
participated	O
in	O
SIGLE	B-Library
,	O
mostly	O
national	O
libraries	O
or	O
important	O
research	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
in	O
1980	O
and	O
produced	O
from	O
1984	O
onwards	O
by	O
EAGLE	O
(	O
European	O
Association	O
for	O
Grey	O
Literature	O
Exploitation	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
database	O
was	O
last	O
available	O
through	O
STN	O
International	O
and	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
via	O
Silverplatter/Ovid	O
Technologies	O
,	O
until	O
it	O
stopped	O
input	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
website	O
went	O
live	O
in	O
December	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
is	O
indexed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
,	O
integrated	O
in	O
the	O
portal	O
of	O
the	O
WorldWideScience	B-Application
Alliance	O
and	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
bookmarks	O
of	O
national	O
libraries	O
and	O
research	O
institutes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
was	O
developed	O
on	O
a	O
MIT	O
DSpace	B-Language
platform	O
1.3.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
the	O
database	O
migrated	O
to	O
DSpace	B-Language
version	O
1.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSpace	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
qualified	O
Dublin	O
Core	O
metadata	O
set	O
less	O
detailed	O
than	O
the	O
SIGLE	B-Library
metadata	O
received	O
from	O
the	O
former	O
SIGLE	B-Library
operating	O
agent	O
DPC	O
(	O
FIZ	O
Karlsruhe	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FIZ	O
Karlsruhe	O
XML	B-Protocol
records	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
SIGLE	B-Library
format	O
and	O
completed	O
by	O
some	O
server-related	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
specific	O
fields	O
from	O
the	O
source	O
format	O
were	O
merged	O
to	O
one	O
field	O
for	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
in	O
the	O
SIGLE	B-Library
record	O
the	O
English	O
title	O
could	O
be	O
either	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
title	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
for	O
the	O
English	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
metadata	O
,	O
the	O
English	O
title	O
appears	O
systematically	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
labelled	O
"	O
Title	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
qualified	O
fields	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
metadata	O
set	O
used	O
by	O
DSpace	B-Language
without	O
disturbing	O
the	O
OAI	O
compliance	O
:	O
conference	O
title	O
,	O
report	O
number	O
and	O
availability	O
statement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
SIGLE	B-Library
format	O
distinguished	O
between	O
document	O
type	O
and	O
literature	O
indicator	O
,	O
but	O
diverging	O
conversion	O
practices	O
led	O
to	O
inconsistencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
proposes	O
a	O
simplified	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
principal	O
document	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSpace	B-Language
allows	O
organizing	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
a	O
repository	O
according	O
to	O
communities	O
and	O
collections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
INIST	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
2	O
types	O
of	O
communities	O
:	O
the	O
member	O
countries	O
and	O
SIGLE	B-Library
subject	O
categories	O
on	O
their	O
primary	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
mass	O
upload	O
on	O
DSpace	B-Language
each	O
record	O
(	O
or	O
item	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
"	O
attributed	O
"	O
to	O
only	O
one	O
community	O
or	O
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrary	O
to	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
,	O
the	O
document	O
type	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
searchable	O
in	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
version	O
of	O
DSpace	B-Language
,	O
but	O
we	O
observed	O
similar	O
practices	O
in	O
other	O
repositories	O
(	O
see	O
ERA	O
2006	O
and	O
Glasgow	O
2006	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SIGLE	B-Library
classification	O
scheme	O
with	O
its	O
246	O
subject	O
sub-categories	O
can	O
be	O
searched	O
through	O
the	O
subject	O
field	O
,	O
either	O
by	O
its	O
code	O
or	O
its	O
wording	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
INIST	O
chose	O
the	O
latest	O
stable	O
version	O
available	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
DSpace	B-Language
1.3.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSpace	B-Language
system	O
documentation	O
2006	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
a	O
bit	O
further	O
by	O
a	O
LIS	O
student	O
and	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
can	O
now	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
interfaces	O
in	O
English	O
(	O
the	O
main	O
version	O
)	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
and	O
Italian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Document	O
delivery	O
being	O
very	O
important	O
for	O
the	O
SIGLE	B-Library
database	O
,	O
INIST	O
decided	O
to	O
add	O
an	O
order	O
form	O
to	O
facilitate	O
contact	O
with	O
the	O
holder	O
of	O
the	O
document	O
(	O
former	O
EAGLE	O
member	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
document	O
’s	O
availability	O
in	O
each	O
record	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
migration	O
to	O
the	O
DSpace	B-Language
platform	O
look	O
and	O
presentation	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
SIGLE	B-Library
records	O
have	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
principal	O
characteristics	O
of	O
the	O
SIGLE	B-Library
database	O
have	O
been	O
preserved	O
or	O
even	O
improved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
generally	O
,	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
seems	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
migration	O
of	O
an	O
important	O
traditional	O
bibliographic	B-Library
database	I-Library
into	O
an	O
OAI	O
(	O
Open	O
Archives	O
Initiative	O
)	O
compliant	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
whole	O
project	O
benefited	O
largely	O
from	O
INIST-CNRS	O
previous	O
experience	O
with	O
DSpace	B-Language
and	O
in	O
particular	O
from	O
knowledge	O
about	O
the	O
import	O
of	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
provided	O
INIST-CNRS	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
experience	O
concerning	O
mass	O
uploads	O
on	O
an	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perspectives	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
developments	O
of	O
the	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
archive	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Uploading	O
the	O
French	O
data	O
from	O
2005	O
onwards	O
and	O
thus	O
closing	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
the	O
SIGLE	B-Library
and	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
if	O
the	O
new	O
repository	O
contains	O
only	O
bibliographic	O
records	O
,	O
links	O
from	O
the	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
metadata	O
to	O
the	O
electronic	O
full	O
text	O
where	O
available	O
are	O
technically	O
possible	O
but	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
former	O
EAGLE	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inclusion	O
of	O
the	O
Dutch	O
SIGLE	B-Library
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
EAGLE	O
members	O
who	O
did	O
n’t	O
sign	O
the	O
declaration	O
of	O
intention	O
yet	O
may	O
reconsider	O
their	O
position	O
and	O
agree	O
to	O
the	O
import	O
of	O
“	O
their	O
”	O
national	O
SIGLE	B-Library
input	O
into	O
the	O
new	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integrating	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
into	O
other	O
networks	O
and	O
portals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linking	O
the	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
records	O
to	O
scientific	O
or	O
general	O
search	O
engines	O
will	O
largely	O
enhance	O
the	O
visibility	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
grey	O
documents	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
20	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
12th	O
International	O
Conference	O
on	O
Grey	O
Literature	O
at	O
Prague	O
in	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
INIST-CNRS	O
presented	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
called	O
OpenGrey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Prague	O
conference	O
,	O
INIST	O
and	O
GreyNet	O
called	O
former	O
SIGLE	B-Library
members	O
and	O
new	O
partners	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
OpenGrey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
changed	O
its	O
platform	O
and	O
its	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
further	O
this	O
end	O
,	O
GreyNet	O
has	O
signed	O
on	O
to	O
the	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
repository	O
and	O
in	O
so	O
doing	O
seeks	O
to	O
preserve	O
and	O
make	O
openly	O
available	O
research	O
results	O
originating	O
in	O
the	O
International	O
Conference	O
Series	O
on	O
Grey	O
Literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GreyNet	O
together	O
with	O
INIST-CNRS	O
have	O
designed	O
the	O
format	O
for	O
a	O
metadata	O
record	O
,	O
which	O
encompasses	O
standardized	O
PDF	O
attachments	O
of	O
the	O
full-text	O
conference	O
preprints	O
,	O
PowerPoint	O
presentations	O
,	O
abstracts	O
and	O
biographical	O
notes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
provides	O
open	O
access	O
to	O
some	O
200	O
conference	O
papers	O
on	O
grey	O
literature	O
,	O
from	O
1995	O
to	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
earlier	O
collections	O
are	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
recent	O
collections	O
in	O
the	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
Repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
work	O
involved	O
relies	O
on	O
the	O
efforts	O
of	O
INIST-CNRS	O
as	O
service	O
provider	O
and	O
GreyNet	O
as	O
data	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
autumn	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
anticipated	O
that	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
papers	O
in	O
the	O
International	O
Conference	O
Series	O
on	O
Grey	O
Literature	O
will	O
be	O
fully	O
accessible	O
via	O
the	O
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
Repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSIGLE	B-Library
participates	O
in	O
the	O
WorldWideScience	B-Application
global	O
science	O
gateway	O
.	O
</s>
