Twelfth International Conference on Grey Literature National Technical Library, Prague, Czech Republic December 6-7, 2010
Peter R. Young, GL11 Keynote Address
Peter R. Young, Library of Congress
Grey Literature – A Digital Age Mosaic Over much of the past decade, I have worked to understanding the impact of digital networking and Web 2.0 technologies on national and research libraries.This concentration was the focus of my work at the U.S. National Agricultural Library and guides my efforts at the Library of Congress.It is instructive to consider grey literature from the perspective of digital science data and eScience, and to consider the Eleventh International Grey Literature Conference themes in relation to digital age challenges. (The full-text of this address is forthcoming in the GL11 Conference Proceedings)
Biographical Note: As Chief of the Asian Division at the Library of Congress since November 2008, Peter R. Young provides leadership, direction, and planning for Asian Division programs and services.The Division manages the most comprehensive library collections of materials outside of Asia representing China, Japan, Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Asian Pacific Americans.With over 3.1 million items, the Asian Division collections represent a unique resource.Young is responsible for the Library’s strategy for digital information related to science and technology.Young directed the National Agricultural Library (NAL) from 2002 to 2008.With an annual budget of $22+ million and a staff of 260+, NAL’s collections total over 3.8 million items.Prior to NAL, Young served at the Library of Congress (LC) as Acting Chief of the Asian Division 2001-2002, Chief of the Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) 1997-2001, Chief of the Copyright Cataloging Division 1985-1988, Assistant Chief of the MARC Editorial Division 1984-1985, and CDS Customer Services Officer 1980-1984.From 1990 to 1997 he served as Executive Director of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), an independent executive branch agency advising the President and Congress on national library and information service policies.
Previous Conferences in the GL Series
GL11 - Eleventh International Conference on Grey Literature, The Grey Mosaic, Piecing It All Together. - Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA, December 14-15, 2009
GL10 - Tenth International Conference on Grey Literature, Designing the Grey Grid for Information Society. - Science Park Amsterdam (NL), December 8-9, 2008 GL9 - Ninth International Conference on Grey Literature, Grey Foundations in Information Landscape. - Provincial House Antwerp (BE), December 10-11, 2007
GL8 - Eighth International Conference on Grey Literature, Harnessing the Power of Grey. - University of New Orleans (USA), December 4-5, 2006 GL7 - Seventh International Conference on Grey Literature, Open Access to Grey Resources. – INIST/CNRS, Nancy (FR), December 5-6, 2005
GL6 - Sixth International Conference on Grey Literature, Work on Grey in Progress. - New York Academy of Medicine (USA), December 6-7, 2004
GL5 - Fifth International Conference on Grey Literature, Grey Matters in the World of Networked Information. – KNAW Amsterdam (NL), December 4-5, 2003 GL4 - Fourth International Conference on Grey Literature, New Frontiers in Grey Literature (GL'99). – Kellogg Conference Center, Washington D.C. USA, December October 4-5, 1999
GL3 - Third International Conference on Grey Literature, Perspectives on the Design and Transfer of Scientific and Technical Information (GL'97). – Jean Monnet Building, Luxembourg, November 13-14, 1997
GL2 - Second International Conference on Grey Literature, Grey Exploitations in the 21st Century (GL'95). – Catholic University of America, Washinton D.C. USA, November 2-3, 1995
GL1 - First International Conference on Grey Literature, Weinberg Report 2000 (GL'93). – RAI Congress Centre Amsterdam (NL), December 13-15, 1993
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