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1 Fifth International Conference on Grey Literature Four Winds on the Grey Landscape: A Review of Four Information Professionals Their Work and Impact on the field of Grey Literature Dominic J. Farace and Jerry Frantzen, GreyNet - Grey Literature Network Service Celebrating GL Conferences 1993-2003

2 Accomplishments in Grey Literature Timeline Technological Breakthroughs Societal Challenges Weinberg Report - Careers Started for Four Information Professionals 1960s SpacePollution, Smog Peter Auger - First Edition Reports Literature... Sources in GL 1970s VideoOil Embargo Vilma Alberani, Director ISS Ed. Services European Association for GL Exploitation 1980s Personal Computer AIDS Ulrich Wattenberg - Edited Oeuvre Japanese Information in ST & Commerce 1990s InternetMillennium Crisis Andrei Zemskov, Director NPLS & T Russian-German Digital Archive, RusDML 2000s Mobile Communication 9-11, Terrorism

3 Dr. Vilma Alberani - Italy - Academics Foreign Languages, Literature, and Biology Professional Career 1958-2000 Organization Italian National Institute of Health, ISS Affiliation with Grey Literature York Seminar 1978, CNR Focal point for GL, AIB Seminars and trainings; Author of 80 publications; Responsible for editing some 250 reports. Quote “Grey Literature is not dependent on the means of distribution and circulation.” Notus – South Wind The European Celebrating GL Conferences 1993-2003

4 Peter Auger - United Kingdom - Academics Commerce Professional Career 1957-1997 Organization Lucas Industries – Automotive & Aerospace Products, Peter Auger Research Service Affiliation with Grey Literature Information Sources in Grey Literature, 1 st edition, 1975 … 4 th edition, 1998 Quote “Today, Grey Literature is that which fails to appear in paper format.” Zephyrus - West Wind The Encyclopaedist Celebrating GL Conferences 1993-2003

5 Dr. Ulrich Wattenberg - Germany - Academics Natural Science, Mineralogy; Japanese Professional Career 1972-2002 Organization GMD, Society for Mathematics and Data Processing - Tokyo and Berlin Offices Affiliation with Grey Literature The promotion of Japanese scientific and technical information worldwide. Quote “Industry shows interest in Japanese grey literature when it is free-of-charge, exclusive, and well translated.” Eurus – East Wind The Ethnologist Celebrating GL Conferences 1993-2003

6 Dr. Andrei Zemskov - Russia - Academics Nuclear Physics Professional Career 1965-2003 Organization Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Moscow; Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, NPLS&T Affiliation with Grey Literature More than 90 publications on Physics and Librarianship Quote “Information specialists can benefit from an electronic depository of grey full-text documents on compact discs.” Notus – North Wind The Envoy Celebrating GL Conferences 1993-2003

7 Thank you Vilma, Peter, Ulrich, and Andrei for the combined 100+ years in the information profession serving as Ambassadors of Grey Thank you Vilma, Peter, Ulrich, and Andrei for the combined 100+ years in the information profession serving as Ambassadors of Grey Celebrating GL Conferences 1993-2003 Fifth International Conference on Grey Literature


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