GL-Compendium: A Netbased Directory of Grey Literature Collections GreyNet 18 Sep 1999 11:21 UTC
PRESS RELEASE PRESSEINFORMATION COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Amsterdam, 17 September 1999 G L - C o m p e n d i u m A Netbased Directory of Grey Literature Collections On September 1st 1999, the European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation (EAGLE), signed an agreement with GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service for permission to use their SIGLE Subject Classification Scheme within the GL-Compendium Project. The agreement was signed by Dr. David Wood, President of EAGLE and Mr. Andrew Smith, Chair of the EAGLE Technical Committee. "The Association looks forward to the opportunities which this venture may present for further raising awareness about EAGLE and SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe) and to exploring the possibilities for developing our co-operation." Last month, Dr. Dominic Farace, Head of GreyNet, submitted together with MCB University Press the GL-Compendium proposal: One of the initial problems encountered in the search for information is finding the right source(s) to enable further searching. Internet access to special collections of grey literature, regardless of the type of documents or the subject areas covered, will no doubt both challenge and enable librarians and researchers alike. The challenge to become aware of the very existence of these collections and the subsequent ability to access them worldwide. The GL-Compendium, a unique networked resource in and for grey literature, will not only act to control information overflow but will, at the same time, confront and deal with information underuse. This grey literature netbased directory, which we call the GL-Compendium, will be multidisciplinary in scope, providing a standardised, descriptive, hyperlinked record produced, edited, and updated electronically with the support of state-of-the-art software and classification tools developed and maintained specifically for scientific and technical grey literature. The partners in this new and unique venture, as well as their roles and responsibilities constitute the remainder of this proposal." To access the full-text: http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/GL-Compendium.htm At GL'99, the Fourth International Conference on Grey Literature scheduled on 4-5 October 1999 in Washington D.C., GreyNet will provide a Product and Service Review covering the GL-Compendium Project. Dates will be targeted for distribution & retrieval of this Netbased Directory of Grey Literature Collections. See, http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/GL'99.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GL-COMPENDIUM AND GL'99 CONTACT: GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service Koninginneweg 201 1075 CR Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel/Fax : 31-20-671.1818 Email : greynet@inter.nl.net URL : http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Release