I also am no expert
on grey literature, but I think due to the difficulty in categorizing (and finding) it (especially for law - related GL), and due to its relative importance, I wonder if this as a small example that illustrates the important role that MLS / MISt / MIS - trained librarians can play (compared to a non-trained information seeker).
That's why a lot of people are now trying to sell the idea that the IAC review has called for an outright ban
on grey literature.
Not exact matches
However, the «
grey literature» has no place in a work that purports to be a serious text book
on the subject of climate change.
The Panel adopted a number of decisions in this regard, including
on the treatment of
grey literature and uncertainty, and
on a process to address errors in previous reports.
Please provide a link to a reputable source that documents the usage of such
literature in WG1, or, failing that, provide a link to that portion of WG1 in question and to the
grey literature on which it was based.
The glacier story has led the IPCC's critics to pore over its most recent report, focusing
on claims that arise from the «
grey literature» — normally taken to mean reports by governments and other organisations that are not published commercially or passed through academic channels.
As we've seen over the last couple of years, many of the more outlandish and alarmist claims in the IPCC reports have been based not
on peer - reviewed science, but
on «
grey literature» — the propaganda sheets and press releases distributed by fanatical green NGOs (many of which are part - funded by the European Commission — but that's another story).
Or perhaps it is based
on some other uncited «
grey literature» source provided by Barton staffer Peter Spencer.
A paper which relies heavily
on McIntyre & McKitrick's
grey literature?
On the other hand, the IPCC rules explicitly allow
grey literature but with a requirement that it should be labeled as such and that it should be quality checked.
Start with the continued use of
grey literature and move
on from there.
McShane and Wyner's background exposition of the scientific history of the «hockey stick» relies excessively
on «
grey»
literature...»
McShane and Wyner's background exposition of the scientific history of the «hockey stick» relies excessively
on «
grey»
literature and is replete with errors, some of which appear to be have been introduced through a misreading of secondary sources, without direct consultation of the cited sources.
Enhanced guidance
on the use of «
grey literature» — material not published in peer - reviewed scientific journals — has also been drawn up, and will be finalised by chairs of the IPCC's working groups in the coming months.
WHY THESE FINDINGS MATTER Governments around the world need to base their policies
on impeccable research - not a report that relies
on 5,587 instances of
grey literature to make its case.
As an introduction to my comments
on collecting
grey literature, I need to return to Kathryn Arbuckle's question of how much staff time
grey literature is worth to your institution.
For example, how the article has been used in patents, theses or other «
grey literature» often available
on the web.
i am sympathetic to the desire of the holding library to leverage their «popular» items to enhance access to less popular items in their collection (tying nicely in to slaw's «
grey literature» discussion of the previous week), but rather than impose a contract
on the recipients of the copies, a more preferable model would be the one used for the alberta law collection.
Although it's not quite
grey literature, the announcement by the UK's OPSI (Office of Public Sector Information) that it has has started providing RSS feeds for Acts and Statutory Instruments for UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales is a case of nice timing for this week's theme
on SLAW.
We have had previous postings and comments related to this topic
on SLAW and I still think the concept of a Canadian wide
grey literature legal depository is worth considering.
Much of the
grey literature contained information about Indigenous viewpoints
on «what works» to prevent violence against women.