Grey literature

Where is the evidence? Grey literature, research and policy

Keynote speech by Professor Julian Thomas presented at the conference Where is the evidence: policy, research and the rise of grey literature, held in Canberra, October 2012.

Where is the evidence conference broadcast on ABC Radio National's Big Ideas program

Grey literature is the subject of an ABC Radio National Big Ideas program - Grey literature: digital scholarship or digital dust - broadcast Tuesday 26 February at 8pm and also available as a podcast. The program will feature Prof Julian Thomas, Director of the Swinburne Institute for Social Research and chief investigator on the Grey Literature Strategies project along with highlights from the final panel discussion moderated by Crikey's Bernhard Keane

From digital deluge to digital dust

No longer are publishers the primary conduit through which content must pass before it is disseminated to the world. This is a radically new paradigm and despite our best efforts, libraries (and many other related institutions) have not been able to keep pace with the impact this shift has had on collection development and long term access.

This article by Amanda Lawrence was recently published in the Australian Library and Information Management Association's Incite Magazine, Vol 34 Issue1/2 (Jan/Feb 2013)

Fifteenth International Conference on Grey Literature 2013 Call for Papers

GL15 Announcement and 1st Call for Papers for the conference to be held in Bratislava, Slovakia 2 - 3 December 2013

Information Online 2013 goes grey

The GLS project will be presenting a paper and a workshop on grey literature covering current issues and strategies for the future at the Information Online conference in Brisbane, 12 - 15 February 2013

Dr Gerald White presents at the Grey Literature conference in Rome 2012

The fourteenth International Conference on Grey Literature, titled 'Tracking Innovation through Grey Literature' was held recently in Rome on 29-30 November 2012.

GL14 Grey Literature Conference: Rome 2012

The International Conference on Grey Literature held in November each year is an important opportunity for all those working with grey literature. This year at GL14 Dr Gerald White, a Research Fellow and member of the Grey Literature Strategies Advisory Group and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research will be presenting a paper on grey literature and education in Australia. It may the first time an Australian has participated!

Papers from the conference are made available each year at OpenGrey

Electronic documents in a print world: grey literature and the internet

Research reports, or grey literature as they are also known, are an essential part of many disciplines including public policy. While access to these reports has become easier in many respects, online publishing presents many challenges as well, particularly for collecting organisations.

We need more than 2020 vision to see the summit

New strategies are needed to avoid losing valuable online content, writes Amanda Lawrence on Australian Policy Online.

Ig Nobel 2012 Literature Prize for grey literature: a report about reports about reports

The US Government General Accountability Office has won the 2012 Ignobel Prize for issuing a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports.