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| Title: | Grey literature for development: Some case studies |
| Authors: | GL9, Antwerp (Belgium), 2007-12-10 Sen, B. (SHPT) GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service |
| Keywords: | Rural development; India |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2007 |
| Publisher: | Amsterdam : TextRelease, 2008 |
| Citation: | Ninth International Conference on Grey Literature : Grey Foundations in Information Landscape, 10-11 December 2007 (Conference CD-ROM) |
| Series/Report no.: | Conference Program and Abstracts : GL-conference series, ISSN 1385-2308 ; No. 9 |
| Abstract: | Grey Literature refers to publications issued by government, academia, business, and industry, in both print and electronic formats, but not controlled by commercial publishing interests, and where publishing is not the primary business activity of the organization. Newsletters, reports, working papers, theses, government documents, bulletins, fact sheets, conference proceedings and other publications distributed free, available by subscription, or for sale comprises grey literature. Non-profit organizations and interest groups keep their members informed via a myriad of newsletters and special publications that help shape public opinion. The present study is an outcome of the researcher’s participation in number of projects that very clearly showed the importance of grey literature in development and the need to organize and create access for future researchers, grass root workers and activists. Being a member of a documentation team that worked in Kutch, in the state of Gujarat, India after the devastating earthquake of 2001 the researcher found a number of NGOs working .to collect and disseminate information to the stakeholders – information regarding health, housing, education - stakeholders being government, NGOs and the local community. Gendwaar doorway to gender information in South Asia (http://www.gendwaar.gen.in/) was created to increase the visibility and enhance access to gender studies information and research in the South Asian Region. Making available catalogues, indexes, bibliographies and directories developed by libraries in the region which have a special focus on gender studies, the website gave links to a growing collection of electronic full text resources from the region. The site had a special section for unpublished literature such as speeches, reports readings etc. Academic resources and activist materials were both included. The National Knowledge Commission of India in its report of the focus group for libraries recognizes that there are other centres of knowledge in a geographical area and that there is a need to capture knowledge about the local community. Be it a village or a town, libraries need to expand their role to include community information. Libraries should integrate with all other knowledge-based activities in the local area to develop a community-based information system. It is expected that Libraries will be involved in creation and dissemination of area-specific content and relevant information. In subsequent discussions by the researcher regarding transformation of libraries into community/knowledge centres and in an effort to develop model/s of knowledge centres it has become evident that grey literature will be an important component of the collection for information - of the local community, for the local community and by the local community. This paper has been written from the experiences gathered over the last six years. Each of the projects has followed different research methodology as each project has had distinct objectives and outcomes. The common thread has been the importance of grey literature in all cases. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10068/697886 |
| Appears in Collections: | GL-9 05 - Humanities, psychology and social sciences |
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