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| Title: | Grey Literature and Development: The Non-Governmental Organization in Action |
| Authors: | GL10, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 2008-12-8 Rudasill, Lynne Marie (University of Illinois) GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service |
| Keywords: | NGOs; Sustainable development |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2008 |
| Publisher: | Amsterdam : TextRelease, 2009 |
| Citation: | Tenth International Conference on Grey Literature : Designing the Grey Grid for Information Society, 8-9 December 2008 (Conference CD-ROM) |
| Series/Report no.: | Conference Program and Abstracts : GL-conference series, ISSN 1385-2308 ; No. 10 |
| Abstract: | Traditionally, the non-governmental organization working in economic and sustainable development has been viewed as a trusted source for research and information on specific topics and populations. With the advent of the World Wide Web, many of these organizations are working to make their expertise available to a large number of users. This study surveys non-governmental organizations working in several areas of economic and social development to ascertain what types of information they are making available on the Web, What types of grey literature are being made available electronically by these organizations? What types of information are only available in print? How are they organizing this information? What resources are they using to disseminate this literature? The survey looks at the electronic production, collection, and dissemination of information by non-governmental organizations in developing and developed nations. Resources such as press/news releases, reports, books, bulletins, and journals are calculated for each organization at individual websites. The results of an electronic survey of other materials held by this set of organizations will also be reviewed. It is expected that the World Wide Web now serves the purpose of the traditional vertical file in which print copies of non-governmental organization materials used to be filed. It is also assumed that the materials on the Web serve only as the tip of the iceberg as far as the production of information by the non-governmental organization. The impact this might have on the organization's ability to serve as a point of expertise in policy decisions will be explored. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10068/698005 |
| Appears in Collections: | GL10 05 - Humanities, psychology and social sciences |
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