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Date:         Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:37:45 PDT
From:         kathleen thorne <KATHLEEN@SJSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Grey Literature
In-Reply-To:  Message of Mon, 11 Sep 1995 09:50:13 EST from
              <dfarace@SOLAIR1.INTER.NL.NET>

I hate to show my ignorance, but I've been away and am now totally
isolated from mankind:

what IS grey literature?

THanks.
           --Kathleen Thorne
             erstwhile serials cataloger
             San Jose State University
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Editor's Note:  For K.T. and others who may have missed it, I am
appending an excerpt from a message about the Second International
Grey Literature Conference, which was posted to SERIALST on 14 July
1995 by Marjorie Bloss.   --Birdie

>        Grey Literature is that body of material encompassing works outside
>the publishing mainstream (e.g., reports, dissertations, government documents,
>proceedings, and datafiles).  It can be produced by associations, ministries,
>laboratories, libraries, universities, businesses and governmental agencies.
>With the developments in electronic publishing and the Internet, Grey
>Literature has recaptured the attention of authors, publishers, and end-users
>alike.  In the past five years alone, the number of publications in this area
>have more than doubled.  What we are now seeing, is the development of an
>independent field within library and information science as a growing number
>of seminars, conferences, and courses are being organized in this increasingly
>important field.