Eleventh International Conference on Grey Literature GL11 - call for papers Joachim SCHOPFEL 28 Mar 2009 22:44 UTC
The Grey Mosaic Piecing It All Together Eleventh International Conference on Grey Literature Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA December 14-15, 2009 Conference Announcement Over the past 15 years, Grey Literature has developed from a millennium movement to a well defined field in information studies. This process has been considerably influenced and shaped by results of research issuing from the International Conference Series on Grey Literature. The Eleventh Conference in this series will endeavor to piece together traditional features inherent to grey literature with more recent elements both technology and policy driven. In any field of science and technology, information and knowledge aggregated in research must be made available beyond the limits of any one specific information community, and as such, should be openly accessible to net citizens. This principle related to grey literature, requires that its uses and applications in diverse subject areas benefit information society as a whole. Furthermore, net citizens must acquire a sense of safeguard and security that the grey resources on which they come to rely have passed some level of corporate governance. In piecing the various components and facets of grey literature together, GL11 hopes to depict a virtual image of the Grey Mosaic. Call for Papers Participants who seek to present a paper at GL11 are invited to submit an English abstract between 300-400 words. The abstract should deal with the problem/goal, the research method/procedure, an indication of costs related to the project, as well as the anticipated results of the research. The abstract should likewise include the title of the proposed paper, names of the author(s), and full address information. Abstracts are the only tangible source that allows the Program Committee to guarantee content and balance in the conference program and sessions. Every effort should be made to reflect the content of your work in the abstract submitted. Abstracts not in compliance with guidelines will returned to the author for revision. Indicate the Theme most suited to your Abstract: * Impact of Grey Literature on Net Citizens * Corporate Governance of Grey Literature * Uses and Applications of Subject based Grey Literature * Grey Literature Repositories Revisited * Open Access to Grey Resources Due Date and format of submission The abstract must be emailed on or before April 15, 2009 in MS Word. Authors will receive written verification upon its receipt. Further Procedure Shortly after the Program Committee meets in May, those who submitted abstracts will receive notification of their place on the GL11 Conference Program. This notice will be accompanied by further guidelines for the submission of the full-text papers and PowerPoint presentations. Authors will then have 30 days to complete their Conference Registration. For further details, visit the GL11 Website at http://www.textrelease.com <http://www.textrelease.com/> or contact: TextRelease GL11 Program and Conference Bureau Javastraat 194-HS 1095 CP Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel/Fax +31 (0) 20-331.2420 conference@textrelease.com