Introduction

Introduction to Building Bridges: Tools for Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy and Collaboration at TCUS Libraries , an online workshop held April 13th, 2021 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time

THE GREYLIT PROJECT: INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE CHALLENGES IN CAPACITY AND RESOURCES PPT

The broadest definition of grey literature covers a body of literature that cannot easily be found by means of conventional published channels, and includes government research, non-profit reports and reports from other primary resource materials. In the digital age, the reputation of the source is of prime importance. As such, the Institutional Repository (IR) is able to play an important part in validation of the integrity of material. The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) has invited the Witwatersrand Health Sciences Library (WHSL) to partner with them in adding suitable South African public health and health policy documents to their Grey Literature Report. In order to co-operate, WHSL has had to formulate a strategy for digitization of the material that it wishes to contribute to the Grey Literature Report. This paper describes some of the challenges applicable to the digitization of healthcare material at WHSL

ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS

Second International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives, abstracts of presentation

Think Tanks, Twitter, and Grey Literature

This poster aims to track the use of twitter among think tanks and the dissemination of grey literature. Making connections between the future of the online world and knowledge communication to drive change and share resources.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa

Share GreyLit: Using Social Media to Communicate Grey Literature

The Grey Literature Report produced by the New York Academy of Medicine supports efforts of researchers, health practitioners, and policy makers in urban and public health by curating, preserving and providing access to high quality, cutting edge research. Grey literature is continually being added to systematic reviews and evidence-based practice in the health sciences. It is also being called upon as an area of research that needs to be disseminated and communicated effectively. This research needs proven strategies to raise the profile of grey literature in order for it to be known by policy- and decision-makers. For example, at Advancing the Science to Improve Population Health conference held at the National Academies of Sciences on September 30, 2015, a presentation on Population Health Research Agenda Survey Results asks how to raise the profile of “grey literature” to be included in population health research. The AcademyHealth’s Translation and Dissemination Institute states that they are there to help "the field of health services research move its findings more effectively into policy and practice.” The Institute offered two webinars focusing on the use of Twitter in disseminating and translating evidence as way for researchers to promote and share their work. In an effort to understand dissemination of grey literature, research was conducted on the use of Twitter among health and health policy think tanks and the resulting poster, Think Tanks, Twitter, and Grey Literature (Aloia 2014), was presented at the 16th International GreyNet Conference in Washington, DC. Building on the think tanks research, this study will survey current users of The Grey Literature Report on their use of social media and how they are alerted to new grey literature in their field. Our research will add to the growing importance of grey literature to evidence-based practice and provide evidence of how best to disseminate and share research results through social media.Includes: Conference preprint, Powerpoint presentation, Abstract and Biographical notesXAInternationa