La literatura gris de Rusia en el mundo de la información digital.

The definition of grey literature is given and its new role in information society is outlined. The Scientific and Technical Information Centre of Russia (the Russian acronym - VNTIC) was created 35 years ago by the government decision to centralise the collection and bibliographic control of all Soviet (now - Russian) grey literature. VNTIC is responsible for the maintenance of the complete repository for scientific R&D reports and dissertations (candidate and doctoral). VNTIC carries out the dual function of both archiving and disseminating grey literature. A general outline of VNTIC activities is given and a brief description of VNTIC information products and services is presented. The sphere of grey literature is considered to be a very promising and fruitful direction of international cooperation and information exchange. Some ways to overcome cooperation barriers are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]