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Interview with Dominic Farace, founder of GreyNet
No full textCovers how Dominic Farace, the GreyNet director, first became involved in the grey literature scene, and explains how and why the Grey Literature Network Service has developed. Discusses the future prospects of GreyNet and grey literature. Highlights many of the issues concerning the GreyNet movement and looks at Farace’s inspiration for his career therein.</jats:p
GreyNet’s Capacity in Open Access Publishing: Mapping and Measuring its Digital Trail via the GreyGuide Portal and Repository
No full textGreyNet’s web-access portal and repository is the GreyGuide – an internet resource that is fully open access compliant. Having benefited from technical developments, the migration of hundreds of metadata full-text records, and the addition of enriched fields and functionality since its launch, the GreyGuide now offers GreyNet a test-bed from which to map and measure its capacity in open access publishing. The population of this study is drawn from digital resources accessible via the GreyGuide Portal and Repository. The selection is based on the criteria that GreyNet is the content provider, that they are open access compliant, that they are sustained information resources, and that there are available use statistics from which to draw upon. This study focusses on the open access to GreyNet’s range of publications, where attention is drawn to the specific document types that meet the sampling criteria
Exploring Next Generation Grey: GL2021 Panel Session
No full textDavid Baxter, University of Alberta, Canada
Silvia Giannini and Anna Molino, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Tomas A. Lipinski, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, USA
Veronika Potočnik, National and University Library, Slovenia
Dobrica Savić, Nuclear Information Section, NIS-IAEA, United Nations
were the five asked to provide a topic they consider of significant importance for the future of grey literature. It was the task of the moderator to check that there are no duplications among the five topics submitted. Once the five topics have been decided, each of the panelists were then asked to formulate two questions pertaining to their topic. The 10 questions submitted by the panelists comprised the draft of an online questionnaire. In order to standardize responses to the 10 questions, the choices of response were limited to Strongly Agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree. Each response to a question will also allow for further comment
Acces to Grey Content : An Analysis of Grey Literature based on Citation and Survey Data : A Follow-up Study
No full textInternational audienceGrey literature, an area of interest to special librarians and information professionals, can be traced back a half-century. However, grey literature as a specialized field in information studies is less than a decade old. At GL'97 in Luxembourg, grey literature was redefined “as information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishers (i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body).” The subject area was broadened and the need for continuing research and instruction pursued. The results of an online survey carried out in 2004 compared with survey results a decade prior indicate two changes: (1) a move to more specialization in the field of grey literature and (2) a move to more balance in activities related to research and teaching as compared with the processing and distribution of grey literature. It is not that the activities of processing and distribution are today of less concern, but technological advances and the Internet may have made them less labour intensive. The burden that grey literature poised to human resources and budgets appears to have been reduced enough that the benefits of the content of grey literature is discovered. And this discovery of a wealth of knowledge and information is the onset to further research and instruction in the field of grey literature. This research is a follow-up to two projects carried out in 2004. One was a citation analysis based on the published papers in the GL Conference Proceedings and the other was a general survey, which dealt with the response of information professionals to key issues and topics in the field of grey literature. In this study, we seek not only to update and integrate the data from the citation analysis but at the same time we introduce the instrument of an author survey in order to better assess the work and expectations of those who are actually doing research and authoring papers on the topic of grey literature. These are the meta-authors. The idea behind the method carried out in this study is that by using the same pool of authors survey data linked to citation data will allow for a clearer demonstration of the impact of their research, where only part of the impact is covered by citation analysis alone. Hopefully, the new combined results will provide a better profile of these meta-authors, who are also the source of GreyNet's knowledge and information base. This could lead to the subsequent development of information policies and services that are more in line with the needs of authors and researchers, whereby their results would become even more accessible well beyond the grey circuit.La communication présente les résultats d'une analyse des citations dans les communications des conférences internationales sur la littérature grise depuis 1995
Acces to Grey Content : An Analysis of Grey Literature based on Citation and Survey Data : A Follow-up Study
No full textInternational audienceGrey literature, an area of interest to special librarians and information professionals, can be traced back a half-century. However, grey literature as a specialized field in information studies is less than a decade old. At GL'97 in Luxembourg, grey literature was redefined “as information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishers (i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body).” The subject area was broadened and the need for continuing research and instruction pursued. The results of an online survey carried out in 2004 compared with survey results a decade prior indicate two changes: (1) a move to more specialization in the field of grey literature and (2) a move to more balance in activities related to research and teaching as compared with the processing and distribution of grey literature. It is not that the activities of processing and distribution are today of less concern, but technological advances and the Internet may have made them less labour intensive. The burden that grey literature poised to human resources and budgets appears to have been reduced enough that the benefits of the content of grey literature is discovered. And this discovery of a wealth of knowledge and information is the onset to further research and instruction in the field of grey literature. This research is a follow-up to two projects carried out in 2004. One was a citation analysis based on the published papers in the GL Conference Proceedings and the other was a general survey, which dealt with the response of information professionals to key issues and topics in the field of grey literature. In this study, we seek not only to update and integrate the data from the citation analysis but at the same time we introduce the instrument of an author survey in order to better assess the work and expectations of those who are actually doing research and authoring papers on the topic of grey literature. These are the meta-authors. The idea behind the method carried out in this study is that by using the same pool of authors survey data linked to citation data will allow for a clearer demonstration of the impact of their research, where only part of the impact is covered by citation analysis alone. Hopefully, the new combined results will provide a better profile of these meta-authors, who are also the source of GreyNet's knowledge and information base. This could lead to the subsequent development of information policies and services that are more in line with the needs of authors and researchers, whereby their results would become even more accessible well beyond the grey circuit.La communication présente les résultats d'une analyse des citations dans les communications des conférences internationales sur la littérature grise depuis 1995
OpenSIGLE - Crossroads for libraries, research and educational institutions in the field of grey literature
No full textInternational audienceThis poster is based on a paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Grey Literature (GL10) in which GreyNet's collections of conference preprints were made accessible via the OpenSIGLE Repository. OpenSIGLE offers a unique distribution channel for European grey literature with roots dating back a quarter century. The experience of INIST as service provider and GreyNet as data provider will be further discussed including recent developments. The poster closes with a draft proposal that seeks to explore the capacity required for the OpenSIGLE Repository to develop in multilateral and international cooperation in support of European research infrastructures committed to the open access of grey literature collections and resources. Emphasis is placed on the involvement of libraries, research centers, and institutions of higher education, as well as, requirements for a grey literature network service to sustain further development, exploitation, and promotion of the OpenSIGLE Repository
The GreyGuide Repository and Web-Access Portal: GreyNet’s Response to the Pisa Declaration
No full textV prosinci 2013 byl zahájen provoz repozitáře GreyGuide, spravovaného společností GreyNet. Repozitář slouží pro ukládání dokumentů zachycujících osvědčené postupy v oblasti shromažďování a uchovávání šedé literatury. V roce 2014 GreyNet pozměnil systém spravování svých informačních zdrojů v souladu s deklarací „Pisa Declaration on Policy Development for Grey Literature Resources” zveřejněnou 16. května 2014. V souladu s principy zdůrazněnými v deklaraci se stane i vybraná část webu GreyNetu součástí repozitáře GreyGuide, tím bude umožněno jednoduché procházení, vyhledávání a získávání dokumentů a informacíIn December 2013, the GreyGuide was launched and in early 2014 GreyNet welcomed far reaching developments in its resource management. These developments are in line with the “Pisa Declaration on Policy Development for Grey Literature Resources (May 16, 2014)”. In compliance with this 15-point roadmap, a selection of GreyNet’s web-based content will now migrate to the GreyGuide allowing for seamless browse, search, and retrieval across its collections
Four Winds on the Grey Landscape : A Review of Four Information Professionals, Their Work and Impact on the Field of Grey Literature
No full textThe First International Conference on Grey Literature in 1993 was entitled "Weinberg Report 2000" in honor of Alvin M. Weinberg. In the early 60's, Weinberg chaired President Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee and produced the famous report "Science, Government, and Information: the Responsibility of the Technical Community and the Government in the Transfer of Information". Along these lines, a special tribute will be paid at this Fifth International Conference on Grey Literature to four information professionals, who have had long careers in information, who themselves attended and presented papers at the First International Conference on Grey Literature, and who have made lasting contributions to specific areas in the field of grey literature. The four are Vilma Alberani, Italy; Peter Auger, United Kingdom; Ulrich Wattenberg, Germany; and Andrei Zemskov, Russia. Early this summer, each of the four was contacted via GreyNet's office and was asked to provide bibliographic, autobiographic and other human-interest reference material in an effort to gather firsthand information for the paper and its subsequent presentation. GreyNet also used its website to request from other colleagues secondary information that would contribute in the process of writing this review article. Where historical, biographical, and documentary facts leave off; the author exerts his own prerogative drawing comparisons, forming analyses, and seeking a celebrated closure.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notes, Pratt student commentaryXAInternationa
Grey Literature and Computational Linguistics: From Paper to Net
No full textThe advent and exponential development of the World Wide Web has led to an increasing availability of unstructured knowledge and distributed information sources, meeting general public requirements that are hardly addressed by other more traditional information channels. This trend has concurrently raised a considerable interest in the application of Computational Linguistics (CL) methodologies to document access and retrieval, as they offer the unprecedented opportunity to make the subjective, user-centred information demands of Net citizens meet the ever changing and heterogeneous information flow of the web. Over the last five years, more and more Italian Universities have introduced CL courses into their Humanities curricula, making available on-line teaching materials, tutorials and language engineering software that appear to supply the lack of offer from traditional Italian publishing houses. In this paper, we consider in some detail the role played by this type of Grey Literature in bringing up a wider and increasingly more aware community of web users in Italy
The GreyGuide Repository and Web-Access Portal:GreyNet’s Response to the Pisa Declaration
No full textIn December 2013, the GreyGuide was launched and in early 2014 GreyNet welcomed far reaching developments in its resource management. These developments are in line with the “Pisa Declaration on Policy Development for Grey Literature Resources (May 16, 2014)”. In compliance with this 15-point roadmap, a selection of GreyNet’s web-based content will now migrate to the GreyGuide allowing for seamless browse, search, and retrieval across its collections
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