This Year's Award Dinner will be held in Amsterdam on November 30th 2015
(By Invitation Only) Restaurant Haesje Claes, Red Room
Stefania Biagioni, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
Call for Posters
Marnix van Berchum, DANS-KNAW, Netherlands
"For the development and maintenance of the GreyGuide Repository and Web Access Portal, as well as for her team’s content contributions over the past ten years to the International Grey Literature Conference Series”
“For the technical support that DANS renders as service provider for GreyNet’s research data issuing from the International Conference Series on Grey Literature, as well as for his award winning presentation last year at the Library of Congress”
GreyNet Award Recipients 1999-2014
GreyNet Award Recipient 2014
GreyNet Award Recipient 2014
Kiyoshi Ikeda works as a librarian at the Central Library of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). He also currently works as the chief of International Nuclear Information System (INIS) and Nuclear Information Management Section of JAEA. Since 2011, he has been in charge of selection and classification for INIS Database input data. He joined Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI, former JAEA) in 2004, and has been working for acquisition of library materials (domestic/foreign books, journals, technical reports and proceedings). From 2007 to 2010, he had been working for editing work at “JAEA Reports” and “JAEA R&D Review” which are grey literature. From 2008 to 2013, he has also been a member of editorial committee of the Japan Special Libraries Association (JSLA). He holds a degree in library and information science (M.A.) from the Graduate School at the University of Library and Information Science in Japan.
"Ikeda's work in collecting, organizing, and disseminating data and information on nuclear accidents and in particular the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident has earned him the GreyNet Award for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Grey Literature was presented during GreyNet's 11th Annual Award Dinner on December 7, 2014."
GreyNet Award Recipient 2013
Marcus Vaska
The GreyNet Award 2013 was presented to Marcus Vaska during the 10th Annual Award Dinner hosted by CVTISR in Bratislava Marcus Vaska is a librarian with the Knowledge Resource Service (KRS), University of Calgary, Holy Cross Site, providing research and information support at an Alberta Cancer Care research facility. A firm supporter of embedded librarianship, Marcus engages himself in numerous activities, including instruction and research consultation, with research teams at Holy Cross and beyond. Marcus’ current interests focus on collaborative educational techniques aimed at creating greater awareness and bringing grey literature to the forefront in the medical community. Nominations for the GreyNet Award are based on 1.) Results from the GL14 Participant Evaluation Forms, 2.) Publication of the author’s paper in the GL14 Conference Proceedings, 3.) Selection and publication of the author's paper as a journal article, thus exporting and distributing research results originating in the GL-Conference Series, and 4.) Prior history of the author in the field of grey literature.
GreyNet Award Recipient 2012
GreyNet Award 2012 was presented to Petra Pejsova at the Annual Award Dinner held in Rome
Petra Pejsova graduated in Information science and librarianship at the Charles University in Prague. Currently, she is a manager of the National Repository of Grey Literature in the Czech Republic. Its goal is a systematic collection, long-term archival and provision of access to specialized grey literature, especially dealing with research and development, civil service and education, as well as in the business sphere and "open access" at the national level. Pejsova manages an international working group for development of the Vocabulary of Grey Literature Types and works in the National Technical Library as a head of the Digital National Technical Library, where she leads digitalization projects. Through lectures and publications, Pejsova provides information on grey literature in the Czech Republic. She is the editor of ‘Repositories of Grey Literature’ published in 2010 and an author of the certified methodology for processing, long-term preservation and accessibility of grey literature in the Czech Republic. Since 2008, Petra has authored/co-authored a number of research papers presented and published in the International Conference Series on Grey Literature.
GreyNet Award Recipients 2011
President IIA
Bonnie C. Carroll, President of Information International Associates, Inc. (IIa), supports government and industry in managing information as a strategic resource. She is Secretariat Director of CENDI, the federal scientific and technical information (STI) managers’ group and Consultant to USGS, supporting the development of the National Biological Information Infrastructure and the OSTP Biodiversity Informatics Working Group to promote interagency coordination of national and international biodiversity informatics initiatives. For over 3 decades, she has participated in research and development projects including a major assessment of STI in the U.S. for the National Science Foundation; the development of a topography of STI systems for the Library of Congress; and the development of a system to provide input to the DOE's Energy Science and Technology Database. Carroll has been active in grey literature research and management dating back to the early 1990s. Her most recent contribution to the field of grey literature deals with repurposing data and datasets through data sharing and its further publication.
June Crowe is the Senior Researcher and Group Manager, Open Source Research Division at Information International Associates, Inc. (IIa). She received her AMLS from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and her M.Ed. in geographic education from the University of Georgia, Athens. She has extensive experience in the management and operations of library services across government, public, academic, and special libraries. At IIa she manages the open source research division which focuses on medical, socio-cultural, science and technology and business research. Her primary interests are open source information in Grey Literature, digital repositories, and open source intelligence tools.
Senior Researcher
GreyNet Award Recipients 2010
Joachim Schöpfel, University of Lille
Dr. JoachimSchöpfel is co-recipient of this award based on his contribution to the field of grey literature, and in particular for his corpus of research and publication in information science. Special recognition for his recent publications on grey literature in the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Wikipedia, and the monograph published by De Gruyter|Saur in 2010 titled ‘Grey Literature in Library and Information Studies’. He is further recognized in this award for his program of teaching and instruction on grey literature.
Christiane Stock is co-recipient of this award based on her contribution to the field of grey literature, and in particular for her work related to the OpenSIGLE Repository. Through her efforts hundreds of thousands of bibliographic records were recovered and made openly accessible via internet. Christiane Stock is further responsible for ensuring OAI compliance for GreyNet’s Collection of conference preprints 1993-2010. She is further recognized in this award for her years of research and publication on the topic of grey literature.
Christiane Stock, INIST-CNRS
GreyNet Award Recipient 2009
Debbie Rabina, Pratt Institute
Dr. Debbie Rabina, Pratt Institute, New York
The GreyNet Award 2009 for outstanding achievement in the field of grey literature was awarded to Dr. Debbie Rabina from Pratt Institute's School of Information and Library Science. The area of her research dealt with ‘Copyright licenses and legal deposit practices of grey multimedia materials’. This award is in recognition for the author’s contribution to the field of grey literature over the past year. Nominations for the GreyNet Award are based on (1) Results from the GL10 Participant Evaluation Forms, (2) Publication of the authors’ paper in the GL10 Conference Proceedings, (3) Selection and publication of the authors’ paper as a journal article, thus exporting and distributing research results originating in the GL Conference Series, and (4) Prior history of the author in the field of grey
literature.
GreyNet Award Recipient 2008
Anne Gentile-Beccot, CERN
Anne Gentil-Beccot, CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research is the GreyNet Award Recipient 2008. This award is in recognition for her contribution to the field of grey literature over the past year. Nominations for the GreyNet Award are based on (1) Results from the GL9 Participant Evaluation Forms, (2) Publication of the author’s full-text paper in the GL9 Conference Proceedings, (3) Selection and publication of the author’s conference paper as a journal article, whereby research results originating in the GL-Conference Series are exported and become accessible via other channels, (4) Prior history of the author and her organization on the topic of grey literature, and (5) Willingness to attend the GreyNet Award Dinner in order to personally receive the honor.
GreyNet Award Recipients 2007
Todd A. Chavez, Anna H. Perrault, Pete Reehling (University of South Florida), and Courtney Crummett (National Library of Medicine) are the team recipients of the GreyNet Award 2007. This award is in recognition for their contribution to the field of grey literature over the past year. Nominations for the GreyNet Award are based on (1) Results from the GL8 Participant Evaluation Forms, (2) Publication of the author’s full-text paper in the GL8 Conference Proceedings, (3) Selection and publication of the author’s conference paper as a journal article, whereby research results originating in the GL-Conference Series are exported and become accessible via other channels, (4) Prior history of the authors on the topic of grey literature, and (5) Willingness to attend the GreyNet Award Dinner in order to personally receive the honor.
Todd A. Chavez, University of South Florida
GreyNet Award Recipient 2006
Marcus A. Banks (2006)
Marcus A. Banks, Library Associate with the New York University School of Medicine is recipient of the GreyNet Award 2006. This award is in recognition for his contribution to the field of grey literature over the past year. Nominations for the GreyNet Award are based on (1) Results from the GL7 Participant Evaluation Forms, (2) Publication of the author’s full-text paper in the GL7 Conference Proceedings, (3) Selection and publication of the author’s conference paper as a journal article, whereby research results originating in the Conference Series are exported and become accessible via other channels, and (4) Prior history of the author on the topic of grey literature.
GreyNet Award Recipient 2005
Keith Jeffery and Anne Asserson (2005)
Prof. Keith G Jeffery, CCLRC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom) together with Anne Asserson, University of Bergen (Norway) are co-recipients of the GreyNet Award 2005. The award is in recognition for their contribution to the field of grey literature over the past year. Nominations for the GreyNet Award are based on (1) Results from the GL6 Participant Evaluation Forms, (2) Publication of the author(s) paper in the GL6 Conference Proceedings, (3) Selection and publication of the author(s) paper as a journal article, thus exporting and distributing research results originating in the GL Conference Series, (4) Prior history of the author(s) on the topic of grey literature, and (5) Willingness to attend the GreyNet Award Dinner in order to receive the honor.
GreyNet Award Recipient 2004
Daniela Luzi (2000), Bertrum MacDonald (2004), Julia Gelfand (1999)
Dr. Bertrum H. MacDonald, Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada received the GreyNet Award 2004. MacDonald accepted this award both on his behalf and that of two co-authors, Ruth E. Cordes and Peter G. Wells. The award is in recognition for their contribution to the field of grey literature over the past year. Nominations for the GreyNet Award are based on (1) Results from the GL5 Participant Evaluation Forms, (2) Publication of the author(s) paper in the GL5 Conference Proceedings, (3) Selection and publication of the author(s) paper in the special issue of PRQ'2004 on grey literature, (4) Prior history of the author(s) on the topic of grey literature, and (5) Willingness to attend the GreyNet Award Dinner in order to receive the honor. The GreyNet Award Dinner was held on the evening of December 6th 2004 immediately following the GL6 Inaugural Reception. Personal invitations were extended to the Conference Host, Sponsors, Program Committee, and to GreyNet Members.
Previous awards for outstanding achievement in the field of Grey Literature are held by: Julia Gelfand, University of California, Irvine, USA (1999) and Daniela Luzi, National Council of Research, Rome, Italy (2000)
