[LINK] FW: Grey literature conference at NLA in October

Jan Whitaker jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Mon Sep 24 17:15:50 AEST 2012


At 04:55 PM 24/09/2012, Paul Koerbin wrote:
>Is being disaffected a prerequisite for such action? If so, why? I 
>don't concur that Google is winning or even competing in the 
>curation of historical web content - though of course it is well 
>placed to do so, should they be so inclined.

Yes, Google is an indexing and search tool, not a repository. Good point.
APO came out of the Subject Gateways projects back in the early 
2000s. It's one of the few to continue and thrive. The one I worked 
on finally had its plug pulled a several years ago.

"The site specialises in reports and articles (grey literature) on 
public interest issues but also includes peer-reviewed journal 
articles and ebooks from Australia and internationally."

Policy Online was established in 2002 as an initiative of the 
<http://sisr.net>Swinburne Institute for Social Research. APO is a 
not-for-profit project which relies on institutional support, grants 
and some revenue from advertising. The site's development has been 
supported with a number of Australian Research Council Linkage 
Infrastructure and Equipment Grants (LIEF) grants over the years 
which have been critical to its development as an information 
resource enabling access to research for all Australians.

The <http://apo.org.au/creative-economy>Creative and Digital 
<http://apo.org.au/creative-economy>gateway is presented in 
partnership with the <http://www.cci.edu.au/>ARC Centre of Excellence 
for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) along with support from 
<http://www.accan.org.au/>ACCAN - the Australian Communications 
Consumer Action Network.

The <http://apo.org.au/urban-policy-design>Urban Policy & Design 
gateway is presented in partnership with 
<http://www.rmit.edu.au/>RMIT University.

And yes they act as a repository as well as an index:
Or if you would like to have your research or resources considered 
for inclusion please send publication details and the full text 
article to <mailto:editor at apo.org.au>editor at apo.org.au.

Jan





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