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This type of scholarly resource is often overlooked when conducting research, yet provides a richness of unique content, and often more current than commercial publications. This book describes the importance of and a holistic approach to implement grey literature in library collections.</span></span></span></span></p> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="building_block" id="pgbldblk44"> <div class="blockbody" id="body_pgbldblk44"> <table border="0" name="" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr align="" valign=""> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%" align="" valign="top"><div><hr /></div> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="building_block" id="pgbldblk14"> <div class="blockbody" id="body_pgbldblk14"> <table border="0" name="" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr align="" valign=""> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%" align="" valign="top"><table summary="image table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="277" style="float: left"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center"><a TARGET="_blank" HREF="../images/Grey_Literature_Book_Flyer.pdf" ><img width="252" src="../images/252_ISBN_9783598117930_Book_Cover.jpg" alt="Forthcoming September 2010" style="float: left; FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropShadow( Color=#000000,offX=1,offY=1); COLOR: white" border="0" height="156"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">Table of Contents</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><p editor_id="mce_editor_0"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" editor_id="mce_editor_0"><span style="font-family: 'arial black',arial,sans-serif; background-color: #c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><a TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=626361" ><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial black',arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; background-color: #c0c0c0;">Grey Literature in Library and Information Studies, 2010</span></a></span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000;" editor_id="mce_editor_0" color="#000000">The further rise of electronic publishing has come to change the scale and diversity of grey literature facing librarians and other information practitioners. This compiled work brings together research and authorship over the past decade dealing with both the supply and demand sides of grey literature. While this book is written with students and instructors of Colleges and Schools of Library and Information Science in mind, it likewise serves as a reader for information professionals working in any and all like knowledge-based communities.</span></span><span style="color: #000000;" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> </span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">ISBN 978-3-598-11793-0</span></span></p> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="building_block" id="pgbldblk21"> <div class="blockbody" id="body_pgbldblk21"> <table border="0" name="" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr align="" valign=""> <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="100%" align="" valign="top"><hr id="null" /> <p editor_id="mce_editor_0"><br /><span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;" size="2" face="arial, verdana, sans-serif"><strong>GreyNet International</strong><br />Grey Literature Network Service<br />Javastraat 194-HS<br />1095 CP Amsterdam<br />Netherlands<br /><br />Tel. +31-(0)20-331.2420<br />Email : </span><a href="mailto:info@greynet.org"><span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;" size="2" face="arial, verdana, sans-serif">info@greynet.org</span></a><span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;" size="2" face="arial, verdana, sans-serif"> <br /><br /></span></p> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="column2"> <div id="colbody2" class="colbody"></div> </div> <div id="column3"> <div id="colbody3" class="colbody"></div> </div> </div><div id="measurescroll" style="clear:both;"></div><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="other_footer"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="middle"><DIV align=center editor_id="mce_editor_0"><A TARGET="_self" MCE_REAL_HREF="page1.html" HREF="../home.html" CLASS="undefined" ><FONT size=2><STRONG>Back to Home</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="middle"></td> </tr> </table> <!-- End content section --> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="content-bottom" class="background"> </div> <div id="footer"></div> </div> </div> <div id="docwrapper"> </div> </div> </div> <script language="javaScript"> // Column Height Script function pngHeight() { if (document.getElementById('nav-left') || document.getElementById('nav-right')) { var pngH = document.getElementById('content').clientHeight; var nH = document.getElementById('nav-wrapper').clientHeight; if ( pngH < nH) pngH = nH; if (document.all) { document.getElementById('navcontainer').style.height=pngH; document.getElementById('nav-fill').style.height=pngH; } else { document.getElementById('navcontainer').style.height=pngH + "px"; document.getElementById('nav-fill').style.height=pngH + "px"; } } } var oldhandler = window.onload; window.onload = (typeof oldhandler == "function") ? function() { oldhandler(); pngHeight(); } : pngHeight; </script> </body> </html>