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HARNESSING THE POWER OFHARNESSING THE POWER OF GREYGREY

Eighth International Conference on Grey Literature

Introduction Introduction

TextRelease, the Program and Organizing Bureau for the International Conference Series on Grey Literature is currently in the process of identifying GL8 Sponsors.

Last year’s conference was held at INIST-CNRS in Nancy, France, where delegates from 16 countries worldwide participated.

This year’s conference will return to the United States, where it will be held at the Lindy C. Boggs International Conference Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.


Grey Literature and the Grey Literature and the Business SectorBusiness Sector

Grey Literature “Information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body." (Luxembourg, 1997 - Expanded in New York, 2004)

GL8 will seek to address the under-representation of business and industry in the field of grey literature. Only 5% of the respondents from an online survey carried out in 2004 were from this sector.


Conferences in the GL-SeriesConferences in the GL-SeriesNext conference in this series:

• GL8 scheduled at the Lindy C. Boggs International Conference Center, 4-5 December 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana USA http://www.textrelease.com/gl8program.html

Recent conferences in this series:

• GL7 hosted at INIST-CNRS Conference Center, 5-6 December 2005 in Nancy, France

• GL6 hosted at NYAM Conference Center, 6-7 December 2004, New York, NY USA

• GL5 hosted at KNAW Conference Center, 4-5 December 2003, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Further conferences in this series:

• GL’99 hosted at Kellogg Conference Center, 4-5 October 1999, Washington, DC USA

• GL’97 hosted at EU Jean Monnet Building, 13-14 November 1997, Luxembourg

• GL’95 hosted at CUA Conference Center, 2-3 November 1995, Washington, DC USA

• GL’93 hosted at RAI Conference Center, 13-15 December 1993, Amsterdam, Netherlands


Previous GL Conference SponsorsPrevious GL Conference Sponsors

City of Amsterdam


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http://www.ebsco.com/home/default.asp

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Characteristics of the GL SeriesCharacteristics of the GL Series1. A unique relationship between the Sponsors and the Program and Organizing

Bureau

2. Its transatlantic character - alternating between venues in North America and Europe.

3. Its international character evident in its content contributions, sponsorship, and participant organizations.

4. Based on a Call-for-Papers, the Hallmark of the GL Conference Series

5. A dedicated core Program Committee with new and intermittent members

6. An experienced and specialized Program and Planning Bureau

7. Published results of conference research in print and electronic formats

8. (Post) conference information services provided by GreyNet


Unique Relationship between theUnique Relationship between theSponsors and the Conference BureauSponsors and the Conference Bureau

The sound management of an international conference is the guarantee to all stakeholders that their investment in time, money, and human resources is worthwhile. It is the pivotal force for such an event.

To date, each and every conference in the GL-Series has relied upon clear negotiations between Sponsor Organizations and the Program and Conference Bureau. Once these negotiations are agreed upon the benefits for the Conference Sponsor become immediate.


ItsIts Transatlantic CharacterTransatlantic Character……

Results from a recent survey carried out by GreyNet show that 85% of the organisations actively involved in the field of grey literature are in North America and Europe.

GreyNet maintains contacts in over 50 countries worldwide, however, the growth and development of this field of information on any scale has been and still is transatlantic.


… … but every bit International!but every bit International!

Hallmark of the Hallmark of the GL Conference SeriesGL Conference Series

Since its onset 13 years ago, this international Conference Series is based on a Call-for-Papers. In the '90s, the event took place every other year averaging 28 content submissions per conference.

With the relaunch of the conference series in 2003, it has become an annual event with the same average number of content submissions.

Hence, a 100% increase in R&D activities in the field of grey literature, since the turn of this century.


GL8 Program Committee OrganizationsGL8 Program Committee Organizations

NYAM (chair) New York Academy of MedicineUSA

CNR National Research CouncilItaly

GreyNet Grey Literature Network Service Netherlands

INIST-CNRS National Institute for S&T InformationFrance

JST Japan Science and Technology AgencyJapan

NYU New York University Medical CenterUSA

OSTI-DOE Office of Scientific & Technical InformationUSA

UCI University of California, Irvine USA

UiB University of BergenNorway


GL Program and Conference BureauGL Program and Conference Bureau

Dr. Dominic J. Farace, Founder of GreyNet and Conference Director since 1992

Experienced and Specialized in the field of grey literature and networked information

Jerry Frantzen B.A., Freelance Design and Technical Editor since 1996


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Publication of Research ResultsPublication of Research Results

• Conference Program and Abstract Book – ISSN 1385-2308

• Conference Proceedings – ISSN 1386-2316

• The Grey Journal (TGJ) with EBSCO as full-text licensing agent

• Publishing Research Quarterly (PRQ), a cooperative agreement

• Abstracting and Indexing Services via CSA, EBSCO, etc.

• Document Supply Centres via BL (UK), INIST (FR), KB (NL)

• Websites: www.GreyNet.org & www.TextRelease.com

Originating in the GL Conference Series


Grey Literature Network ServiceGrey Literature Network Service

GreyNet is a corporate author and major stakeholder in the content of grey literature. The goal of GreyNet is to facilitate dialog, research, and communication between persons and organisations in this field of information. GreyNet further seeks to identify and distribute information on and about grey literature in networked environments.

Its main activities include the International Conference Series on Grey Literature, the creation and maintenance of web-based resources, a moderated Listserv, a combined Distribution List, The Grey Journal (TGJ), R&D projects, etc.


Sponsor BenefitsSponsor Benefits1. Sponsor logo placed on the conference website and

hyperlinked to your own website

2. Sponsor Name and logo on the covers of both the GL8 Conference Program Book and Conference Proceedings

3. A full-page advertisement in both of the above publications

4. A full-page advertisement in The Grey Journal, TGJ

5. Sponsor inserts of up to 250 grams in the Conference pouches

6. Two Conference-passes

7. Two personal invitations to the GreyNet Award Dinner 2006

8. And, limited space available for display and exhibits


Sponsorship FeeSponsorship Fee

Sponsor benefits commence upon receipt of the US$ 2500 fee

Conference StructureConference StructureGL8 will provide the R&D community with a variety of settings in the presentation of their research results. These range from plenary and parallel sessions to roundtables.


Topics and ThemesTopics and Themes1. Collection Development, Collection Policies, and Collection Rescue

2. Metadata schemes, Repositories and Software, Standards and Quality Assessment

3. Economics of grey, funding sources, production costs, pricing, and investment issues

4. Mapping grey resources for costal and aquatic environments

Thanks for your consideration!Thanks for your consideration!

I certainly look forward to your reply as well as to any questions that you may have at this time.

Dr. Dominic J. Farace, Program and Conference Director

TextReleaseGL8 Program and Conference BureauJavastraat 194-HS1095 CP AmsterdamThe Netherlands

T/F +31-(0) 20-331.2420Email: [email protected]: www.textrelease.comUrl: www.greynet.org


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