Comments on: Shades of gray literature http://diylibrarian.org/archive/2007/08/07/shades-of-gray-literature/ Librarianship for the people Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: walt crawford http://diylibrarian.org/archive/2007/08/07/shades-of-gray-literature/#comment-28051 walt crawford Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:02:39 +0000 http://diylibrarian.org/archive/2007/08/07/shades-of-gray-literature/#comment-28051 You're welcome. It's one I'd been thinking about for quite a while. The stuff that pushed the other related essays to the fore also convinced me to go ahead with that one. You’re welcome. It’s one I’d been thinking about for quite a while. The stuff that pushed the other related essays to the fore also convinced me to go ahead with that one.

]]> By: Tara http://diylibrarian.org/archive/2007/08/07/shades-of-gray-literature/#comment-28050 Tara Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:13:17 +0000 http://diylibrarian.org/archive/2007/08/07/shades-of-gray-literature/#comment-28050 I read that part of your essay again, and I think I did misinterpret what you said about peer review, so I've edited my post. It's probably worth quoting part of your conclusion here for further clarity: "For me, blogs now represent a critical part of the literature ... . That does not mean print is dead. It certainly doesn't negate the value of journals, the use of peer review ... , the worth of carefully-prepared monographs." Thank you for publishing the essay. I read it just after I got my rejection and it made me feel a lot better—most importantly, it made me want to take the work I put into that article and retool it for a different audience, rather than just chucking the whole thing in the garbage. I read that part of your essay again, and I think I did misinterpret what you said about peer review, so I’ve edited my post. It’s probably worth quoting part of your conclusion here for further clarity:

“For me, blogs now represent a critical part of the literature … . That does not mean print is dead. It certainly doesn’t negate the value of journals, the use of peer review … , the worth of carefully-prepared monographs.”

Thank you for publishing the essay. I read it just after I got my rejection and it made me feel a lot better—most importantly, it made me want to take the work I put into that article and retool it for a different audience, rather than just chucking the whole thing in the garbage.

]]> By: walt crawford http://diylibrarian.org/archive/2007/08/07/shades-of-gray-literature/#comment-28048 walt crawford Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:44:44 +0000 http://diylibrarian.org/archive/2007/08/07/shades-of-gray-literature/#comment-28048 I didn't intend to question the value of peer review in library science--but there's a lot of truth to the old saw that peer review doesn't determine whether something gets published, only where. Note that I explicitly said "third-tier print journal." And I certainly agree that there's a place for all kinds of literature in the profession. (And boy, was I uncomfortable about publishing that particular essay...) I didn’t intend to question the value of peer review in library science–but there’s a lot of truth to the old saw that peer review doesn’t determine whether something gets published, only where. Note that I explicitly said “third-tier print journal.” And I certainly agree that there’s a place for all kinds of literature in the profession. (And boy, was I uncomfortable about publishing that particular essay…)

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