...Fethy Mili What impact might electronic publishing have on grey literature? This work tries to give some answers based on changes in the publishing of economics research preprints or working‐paper series. Institutions and some members of the economics community have created archives to facilitate...

..., the utilization of US materials, and the role of the World Wide Web by the librarians, researchers and other staff at the transportation facility. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Research Transport Technology transfer Grey literature Bibliographic Transportation is a major part of national economies...

...L.O. Aina A lot of studies on grey literature abound in the literature. Most of the studies, however, relate to disciplines other than LlS. This study determines the focus and trends of grey literature publications. Other objectives include determining the proportion of grey literature published...

.... Inspired by such considerations the Italian reference centre of SIGLE (System of Information on Grey Literature in Europe), has based its activity on the Cupertino with GL producers. To achieve this aim the Centre has evolved from a merely receptive role, consisting of pure and simple acquisition...

...Michael Rosenblum This article discusses the birthing of a new medium, videojournalism that provides a format for television and journalism and what this means for television and global access to information. This article chronicles how the mass media have developed a “grey literature” of their own...

...Julia Gelfand This article introduces Laurie Isenberg, a former medical and special librarian, who has been involved in using, retrieving and processing grey literature, and the advantages and restrictions she has experienced in working with that form of information. She candidly shares her...

...Daniela Luzi This paper outlines the principal stages in the development of grey literature (GL), from its first appearance in the post‐war period to its evolution into electronic GL. To this end, the study analyses some of the most important studies and conferences organised up to the 1990s...

... that other unexpected outcomes commonly surfaced and are discussed in the body of the paper. The new forms of grey literature that have been widely introduced and discussed in conference proceedings from the first four international conferences of grey literature demonstrate how simulation is yet...

... communications Electronic publishing Grey literature Science … [A] preprint is a clumsy, bulky, semi‐legible document, being a duplicated version of a paper submitted for publication but not yet accepted and printed. It is a mechanised version of the decent and proper custom of writing to one’s friends...

... of society closer to the workings of our minds (Tim Berners‐Lee, Weaving the Web (1999). Information technology Database management Internet Bibliographies Grey literature © MCB UP Limited 2000 While a number of major social, and due to budget constraints, economic domains...

...Julia Gelfand Covers 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...

...Irwin Weintraub Most grey literature tends to support the disciplines it serves and does not usually raise issues regarding social, political, or ethical considerations. The “other” grey literature, publications issued by alternative presses, attempts to inform readers about aspects of a particular...

... ”, Progressive Librarian No. 4 (Winter, 1991/92), pp. 28 ‐ 37 . Yes, much of the grey literature from the political left (and for that matter, the political right) are showing up on the Web. But a passive library collection building policy (“Oh, they’ll find it through altavista!”) is hardly...

...Marlena Wald Reviews the poor availability of white literature on AIDS, for use by both health workers and the general public in Ethiopia, as a case for using grey literature to raise awareness. The meeting was held at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa during the week of 7...

...Keith G. Jeffery The importance of grey literature is becoming increasingly recognised. For many organisations it encapsulates the knowledge and know‐how and thus is a vital business asset. It has similar importance in quality of life aspects – healthcare, environment and culture. Grey literature...

..., conference papers, and preprints, among other types of grey literature. It offers users the opportunity to view the textual context of a candidate cited work and provides access to the full‐text of any incorporated source document. Access to related and similar work in the ResearchIndex corpus is also made...

... snapshot of the available transportation literature recognizing how much of it is described as grey literature is demonstrated by the retrieval of five search statements replicated in the TRIS and TRANSPORT databases. Recommendations include that libraries increase their participation in TAG and working...

...Danusia Malina; Diane Nutt Throughout its history feminism has produced “grey” literature. This material has played an important part in communicating women’s knowledge(s) and instigating activism. This paper considers the development of grey literature within feminism and its value to feminism...

...William Theaux In this article, grey literature is identified as unregistered textuality (radicalizing its characteristics, such as the difficulty of its identification, access, bibliographic control, and its undervaluation, etc). It can be deduced that, in this scope, what is called “grey...

...Patrick McGlamery Maps as a genre are not typically dealt with in the study of grey literature. The transformation of information from maps to spatial data could likely be omitted from discussions as well. The author argues for an approach that focuses not on product, but on content. Three types...