Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:40:51 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 6564071 for cni-announce@cni.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:48:51 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: <60AEDEE0-22CD-471F-8508-7E9FCFC5528F@cni.org> From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-21-351672129 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: ETD 2010: Call for Papers - electronic theses and dissertations X-Original-Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:48:00 -0500 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) --Apple-Mail-21-351672129 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The premier conference on the topic of electronic theses and =20 dissertations (ETDs) will be held this year at University of Texas in =20= Austin. Institutions working in this area are invited to submit =20 session proposals. If your institution is just beginning to consider =20= an ETD program, this is a great place to learn about the issues and =20 implementation strategies from around the world. --Joan Lippincott ------------------------------ ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability 2nd Call for Papers, Posters, Presentations & Tutorials Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 5, 2010 Themes: Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability, Latin America ETD 2010 Call for Papers, Posters, Presentations and Tutorials On behalf of The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations =20= (NDLTD), and the University of Texas Libraries, we would like to =20 invite you to submit a paper, poster or presentation for "ETD 2010: =20 Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability" - the 13th International =20 Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations to be held June 16 =96 =20= 18, 2010 at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, U.S.A. ETD 2010 =20= will explore the issues of collaboration, innovation, and =20 sustainability in promoting ETDs, Institutional repositories and Open =20= Access in the realm of scholarly communications. The NDLTD initiative consists of hundreds of contributing member =20 universities, libraries, information organizations, consortia and =20 individuals. Membership details are available on the NDLTD website and =20= dues-paying members are offered a discount on the conference =20 registration fee. The NDLTD's activities are focused on those who =20 produce, manage, store and use electronic theses and dissertations in =20= order to support the authoring, indexing, archiving, dissemination and =20= retrieval of ETDs worldwide. Conference attendees typically include =20 librarians, graduate school administrators, information technology =20 professionals and graduate faculty, staff and students. "ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, and Sustainability" is organized =20= by the NDLTD, The University of Libraries, and the Texas Digital =20 Library, with generous sponsorship provided by non-profit interest =20 groups and corporations that produce hardware, software, and knowledge =20= management solutions for digital archives and repositories. The purpose of "ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, and =20 Sustainability" will not only be to present research outcomes and =20 demonstrate new developments and initiatives in the field of =20 electronic theses and dissertations, but also to encourage even more =20 universities around the world to become a part of the NDLTD and to =20 promote free, open and long-term access to online scholarship. For =20 institutions and individuals that are at the early stages of =20 investigating how to operate and promote an ETD project or program, =20 the conference will also offer a range of learning and networking =20 opportunities within an international collegial atmosphere of a =20 premier university for graduate professional education. THEMES Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability, Latin America You are invited to submit proposals that address any of the following =20= themes: COLLABORATIONS Projects in ETD and IR Collections. Topics may include the following =20 areas: Consortium Projects in Open Access Institutional Repositories and University Communities Lessons Learned from recent campus deployments of ETDs: Case Studies Lessons Learned from established ETD programs: Case Studies National and International collaborations Use of Social Media for Self-Promotion INNOVATION ETDs, IRs. Topics may include the following areas: Preservation strategies/methods/workflows for ETDs Supplementary and supporting content Deploying new/emerging technologies in support of ETDs E-Science and the next generation of ETDs Standards Special Projects Tutorials for ETD submission/processing Cloud Computing and other Novel Approaches to Discovery Repository Services Commercial and Open Source Demonstrations SUSTAINABILITY ETD / IR System Providers and Users. Topics may include the following =20= areas: Managing ETDs for the long term: Case Studies Experiences with Systems: Case Studies Issues and Solutions Submission Workflows Migration Workflows LATIN AMERICA ETD 2010 will feature a special focus on creating connections with =20 Latin American institutions and ETD participants. Attendance and =20 participation by individuals representing Latin American institutions =20= is especially encouraged, and participants are invited to submit =20 proposals on any aspect of ETDs and their practice or potential in =20 Latin America. Abstract Proposal Requirements If you are interested in giving a paper or presentation, running a =20 tutorial within a workshop, or contributing a poster, please read the =20= following criteria: Submit a 200-300 word, structured abstract online via the Proposal =20 Submission link on the ETD2010 web site = http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010=20 . When you select the Proposal Submission link you will be taken to a =20 sign in page. If you are affiliated with a Texas Digital Library =20 member institution, use your institutional ID and password to log in. =20= If your school is not listed, create your own account, and submit both =20= abstracts and final paper submissions through this portal. Structured =20= abstracts should be 200 - 300 words in length in a standard word =20 processing format using a research abstract style that includes: Format: paper, poster or tutorial Title: of paper, poster, tutorial Authors: including institutional or corporate identity Length of presentation: 20 minutes or (for multiple presenters only) 1 =20= hour Objective: the purpose of the project or development activity being =20 described Methods: the way in which the project or development activity was =20 undertaken Results: the key results of the project or development activity =20 (successes and / or lessons learned) Conclusions: future plans, recommendations, etc. Papers, presentations, tutorials and posters will be selected on the =20 basis of the following criteria: Relevance to the conference themes Significance of the content The extent to which the project/development activity is up to date/novel The extent to which the project/development activity could be =20 transferable to other situations Dates and Procedures Authors will be able to use the portal to view abstract approval =20 status and to upload revised versions of the abstract. Completed, =20 final versions of abstracts for papers are due by Friday, March 5, =20 2010. Notification of paper/poster acceptances will be announced to =20 authors on March 22, 2010. Final versions of research papers for =20 conference proceedings must be deposited in the ETD2010 paper =20 repository by May 26, 2010. Print poster presenters must also deposit =20= a PDF version of the final poster or e-presentation by May 26, 2010 or =20= bring the poster with them to the conference. Electronic poster =20 presenters may submit a multimedia version of their "poster", =20 approximately two minutes in length, with narrative. Each of the parallel sessions of the conference will contain a number =20= of one-hour slots. In order to allow as broad a range of presentations =20= as possible, individual speakers should aim to talk for 15-20 minutes =20= (including questions). Multifaceted presentations involving a number =20 of speakers may be submitted in the form of a one-hour session. =20 Abstracts should be submitted via the ETD2010 paper repository. For further information about the submission procedure, please send =20 email to: etd2010@austin.utexas.edu. Submission Information for Papers The template for papers may be downloaded from the ETD 2010 web site: Papers should be submitted by May 26, 2010 online via the via the =20 Proposal Submission link on the ETD2010 web site = http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010=20 . PowerPoint Presentations should be submitted by May 26, 2010 via the =20 via the Proposal Submission link on the ETD2010 web site = http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010=20 . Posters: Specifications for acceptable poster format and size are =20 forthcoming. Please check here again for updates. For additional information about the submission procedure, please send =20= email to: etd2010@austin.utexas.edu. =20= --Apple-Mail-21-351672129 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The premier conference on the = topic of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) will be held this = year at University of Texas in Austin.  Institutions working in = this area are invited to submit session proposals.  If your = institution is just beginning to consider an ETD program, this is a = great place to learn about the issues and implementation strategies from = around the world.
--Joan = Lippincott
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 ETD 2010: Collaboration, = Innovation, Sustainability

2nd Call for Papers, Posters, Presentations = & = Tutorials

Deadline for = Abstract Submission: March 5, 2010
Themes: Collaboration, Innovation, = Sustainability, Latin = America
ETD 2010 Call for = Papers, Posters, Presentations and = Tutorials

On behalf of The Networked = Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations = (NDLTD), = and the University of Texas = Libraries, we would like to invite you to submit a paper, poster or = presentation for "ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability" - = the 13th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations = to be held June 16 =96 18, 2010 at the University of Texas in Austin, = Texas, U.S.A.  ETD 2010 will explore the issues of collaboration, = innovation, and sustainability in promoting ETDs, Institutional = repositories and Open Access in the realm of scholarly = communications.

The NDLTD initiative consists of hundreds of = contributing member universities, libraries, information organizations, = consortia and individuals. Membership details are available on the NDLTD = website and dues-paying members are offered a discount on the conference = registration fee. The NDLTD's activities are focused on those who = produce, manage, store and use electronic theses and dissertations in = order to support the authoring, indexing, archiving, dissemination and = retrieval of ETDs worldwide. Conference attendees typically include = librarians, graduate school administrators, information technology = professionals and graduate faculty, staff and = students.

"ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, and = Sustainability" is organized by the NDLTD, The University of Libraries, = and the Texas Digital Library, with generous sponsorship provided by = non-profit interest groups and corporations that produce hardware, = software, and knowledge management solutions for digital archives and = repositories.

The purpose of "ETD 2010: Collaboration, = Innovation, and Sustainability" will not only be to present research = outcomes and demonstrate new developments and initiatives in the field = of electronic theses and dissertations, but also to encourage even more = universities around the world to become a part of the NDLTD and to = promote free, open and long-term access to online scholarship. For = institutions and individuals that are at the early stages of = investigating how to operate and promote an ETD project or program, the = conference will also offer a range of learning and networking = opportunities within an international collegial atmosphere of a premier = university for graduate professional education.


THEMES

Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability, Latin = America

You are invited to submit proposals that = address any of the following themes:

COLLABORATIONS

Projects in ETD and IR Collections. Topics = may include the following areas:

Consortium = Projects in Open Access

Institutional Repositories and University = Communities

Lessons Learned from recent campus = deployments of ETDs:  Case Studies

Lessons Learned = from established ETD programs:  Case Studies

National and = International collaborations

Use of Social Media for = Self-Promotion

INNOVATION

ETDs, IRs.  Topics may include the = following areas:

Preservation strategies/methods/workflows for = ETDs

Supplementary and supporting = content

Deploying new/emerging technologies in = support of ETDs

E-Science and the next generation of = ETDs

Standards

Special = Projects

Tutorials for ETD = submission/processing

Cloud Computing and other Novel Approaches to = Discovery

Repository Services

Commercial and = Open Source Demonstrations

SUSTAINABILITY

ETD / IR System Providers and Users. Topics = may include the following areas:

Managing ETDs for the long term:  Case = Studies
Experiences with Systems: Case = Studies
Issues and Solutions
Submission Workflows
Migration Workflows

LATIN AMERICA

ETD 2010 will feature a special focus on = creating connections with Latin American institutions and ETD = participants.  Attendance and participation by individuals = representing Latin American institutions is especially encouraged, and = participants are invited to submit proposals on any aspect of ETDs and = their practice or potential in Latin America.

Abstract Proposal = Requirements

If you are interested in giving a paper or = presentation, running a tutorial within a workshop, or contributing a = poster, please read the following criteria:

Submit a 200-300 = word, structured abstract online via the Proposal Submission link on the = ETD2010 web site http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010= .

When you select the Proposal Submission link = you will be taken to a sign in page.  If you are affiliated with a = Texas Digital Library member institution, use your institutional ID and = password to log in. If your school is not listed, create your own = account, and submit both abstracts and final paper submissions through = this portal. Structured abstracts should be 200 - 300 words in length in = a standard word processing format using a research abstract style that = includes:

Format: paper, poster or tutorial

Title: of paper, poster, tutorial

Authors: including institutional or corporate = identity

Length of = presentation: 20 minutes or (for multiple presenters only) = 1 hour

Objective: the purpose of the project or development = activity being described

Methods: the way in which the project or development = activity was undertaken

Results: the key results of the project or development = activity (successes and / or lessons learned)

Conclusions: future plans, recommendations, = etc.

Papers, presentations, tutorials and posters = will be selected on the basis of the following = criteria:

Relevance to the conference = themes

Significance of the = content

The extent to which the project/development = activity is up to date/novel

The extent to which the project/development = activity could be transferable to other situations

Dates and = Procedures

Authors will be = able to use the portal to view abstract approval status and to upload revised versions = of the abstract. Completed, final versions of abstracts for papers are = due by Friday, March 5, 2010. Notification of paper/poster acceptances will be announced to = authors on March 22, 2010. Final versions of research papers for conference proceedings must = be deposited in the ETD2010 paper repository by May 26, 2010. Print poster presenters must also deposit a PDF version of the = final poster or e-presentation by May 26, 2010 or bring the poster with them to the conference. Electronic = poster presenters may submit a multimedia version of their "poster", = approximately two minutes in length, with narrative.

Each of the parallel sessions of the = conference will contain a number of one-hour slots. In order to allow as = broad a range of presentations as possible, individual speakers should = aim to talk for 15-20 minutes (including questions). Multifaceted = presentations involving a number of speakers may be submitted in the = form of a one-hour session. Abstracts should be submitted via the = ETD2010 paper repository.

For further information about the submission = procedure, please send email to: etd2010@austin.utexas.edu.

Submission = Information for Papers

The template for papers may be downloaded from = the ETD 2010 web = site:

Papers should be submitted by May 26, 2010 online via the via the = Proposal Submission link on the ETD2010 web site http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010= .

PowerPoint = Presentations should be submitted by May 26, 2010 via the = via the Proposal Submission link on the ETD2010 web = site http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010= .

Posters: Specifications for acceptable poster format and size are = forthcoming. Please check here again for updates.

 

For additional = information about the submission procedure, please send email = to: etd2010@austin.utexas.edu.
 
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