[BOAI] GL17 Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

[GreyNet International]

SEVENTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREY LITERATURE 

 ‘A NEW WAVE OF TEXTUAL AND NON-TEXTUAL GREY LITERATURE’

ANNOUNCEMENT http://www.textrelease.com/gl17conference.html 

CALL FOR PAPERS http://www.textrelease.com/gl17callforpapers.html 

As the internet becomes increasingly grey and every cloud now has a grey
lining, there arises the need to address a new and challenging wave of
textual and non-textual grey literature. GL17 will examine a number of new
types of textual grey literature both web-based and submerged in the sea of
social networks. No less attention will be drawn to the expanding quantity
of non-textual grey literature accessible in visual, audio, and diverse data
formats and frequencies.

Actually, in order to grasp this new wave of grey literature it may be even
more advantageous to look at the convergence of these new types of textual
and non-textual content rather than focus separately on each. The problems
textual grey literature faced and addressed over the past quarter century
are to a certain extent very similar to what non-textual grey literature
faces today. The wide range of graphics, photographs, and other
data-intensive grey literature is obscure, hard to find, and often short
lived because it lacks proper indexing and sustained access. Such
non-textual grey literature requires interpretation and documentation, which
can in part be achieved by linking and crosslinking to their related textual
counterparts. In this way, grey literature becomes leveraged and its value
and return on investment made transparent.

While bridging textual and non-textual content is technically possible, it
also requires an information policy in place that supports these new digital
assets. Likewise, information professionals and practitioners must be able
to (re)appropriate human resources and streamline their workflow in
innovative ways. These should allow for content and feedback generated in
social networks and in particular the information communities served. The
Seventeenth International Conference on Grey Literature welcomes authors and
researchers to share their experience and vision on how to channel this new
wave of grey literature by responding  to the GL17 Call for Papers.

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