Information System for NGO Libraries in Pakistan: A Proposed Model for Organizing the Grey Literature by Syed Attaullah Shah and Humera Ilhaq

Shah, Attaullah and Ilhaq, Humera . Information System for NGO Libraries in Pakistan: A Proposed Model for Organizing the Grey Literature by Syed Attaullah Shah and Humera Ilhaq., 2006 In: Changing Roles of NGOs in the Creation, Storage, and Dissemination of Information in Developing Countries - IFLA Publication - 123. K.G. Saur Verlag, Munich – GERMANY. 2006. (IFLA Publications; 123), pp. 127-144. [Book chapter]

[thumbnail of Information_System_for_NGO_Libraries_in_Pakistan.pdf]
Preview
 PDF
Information_System_for_NGO_Libraries_in_Pakistan.pdf
Download (294kB) | Preview

English abstract

Abstract In recent years, especially in developed countries, various systems have been created to advance the management and organization of grey literature. Such systems use the latest communication technology and electronic and digital resources, and have developed huge networking systems to distribute and mange grey literature. Because of the scarcity of a global standardized organization system for grey literature and often limited access to computer technology, however, awareness of existence and access to grey literature is still seriously lacking, particularly in developing countries. Based on a survey of selected Pakistani NGOs from various sectors, this study proposes a new model. This paper explains the current usage patterns of grey literature in Pakistani organizations, then assesses their needs and resources for grey literature and finally recommends anew standardized model for organizing grey literature in the developing world. In this model a separate subject and classification scheme to control various types of grey literature, a shelving arrangement system and a networking system have been introduced

Item type: Book chapter
Keywords: Grey Literature, NGOs, Classification scheme, Literature Management Model, Information Technology, Pakistan,
Subjects: H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HB. Gray literature.
Depositing user: Attaullah Shah
Date deposited: 24 May 2008
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:11
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11609

References

References:

Asian Development Bank. 2006. A Study of NGOs Pakistan.

http://www.adb.org/NGOs/docs/NGOPakistan.pdf

(accessed April 4, 2006).

Farace, D. J. 1997. Rise of the Phoenix: A Review of New Forms and Exploitations

of Grey Literature. Publishing Research Quarterly 13 (1997): 68–77.

http://libsnap.dom.edu/Reserves/Removed%20Reserves/LIS742Lifshin/

LIS742LifshinRise.htm (accessed February 24, 2006).

Feather, J. and Sturges, P. 2003. International Encyclopedia of Information and

Library Science. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 210.

Ferl, T. E. and Millsap, L. 1991. Subject Cataloging: A How-To-Do-It Workbook.

New York: Neal-Schuman.

Forbes, C. 2006. C4 : CHRIS’s Cataloguing Classification Concept.

http://www.hs.unp.ac.za/im/forbes.pdf (accessed April 2, 2006).

¯¯. Information Management: Paper A; Organizing for information management.

http://www.hs.unp.ac.za/im/forbes.pdf (accessed April 2, 2006).

Lambert, S., B. Matthews, and C. Jones. Grey literature, Institutional Repositories

and the Organizational Context. Council for the Central Laboratory

of the Research Councils, http://epubs.cclrc.ac.uk/bitstream/820/GL7-

CCLRC-paper.pdf. accessed April 2, 2006)

Schöpfel, J., and C. Stock. Citation analysis and Grey Literature: Stakeholders

in the Grey Circuit. http://www.greynet.org/images/GL6,_Page_55.pdf

(accessed April 2, 2006).

Mason, Moya K. Grey Literature: Its History, Definition, Acquisition, and

Cataloguing.

http://www.moyak.com/researcher/resume/papers/var7mkmkw.html

(accessed April 18, 2006).

Pearce, Michael, ed. 1992. Non-standard Collection Management. Aldershot:

Ashgate.

Weintraub, I. The Role of Grey Literature in the Sciences.

http://library.brooklyn.cuny.edu/access/greyliter.htm

(accessed April 2, 2006)


Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item
Contact us
Send email Sponsors
Sponsor: AIMS Sponsor: D&P Sponsor: UniNa CAB Get connected
Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter Linkedin LinkedIn RSS RSS