From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:30:52 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.13) with ESMTPS id 15419671 for cni-announce@cni.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:09:42 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <4A419AFF-EF15-45DC-A39C-CF6E6374B58E@cni.org> X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-6-333300041 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: ETD 2011 - Call for Participation in 14th Int'l Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations X-Original-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:09:41 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) --Apple-Mail-6-333300041 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Registration and program information are now available for the premier =20= conference on ETDs. I will be giving a presentation on digital =20 scholarship centers and their support for students developing ETDs. Joan Lippincott --------------------- ETD2011: Call for Participation ETD2011 - 14th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and =20 Dissertations 13-17 September 2011 Cape Town, South Africa http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011 =3D=3D=3D Overview ETD2011 is the latest in a series of international conferences of the =20= Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD). The =20 expected audience will include advocates, practitioners, researchers =20 and students working in the area of electronic theses and =20 dissertations and, more broadly, open access and digital =20 repositories. The conference is hosted in South Africa by the SA =20 National Research Foundation, Committee for Higher Education =20 Librarians of South Africa (CHELSA), University of Cape Town and =20 Stellenbosch University. ETD2011 will provide local and international =20= attendees with the opportunity to exchange ideas and enrich their =20 respective programmes, bridging the infamous north-south divide. The conference programme will include technical paper sessions, =20 plenary keynote addresses, poster presentations (with at least 24 =20 posters), panels, tutorials and workshops -- to cater for a broad =20 audience of participants. While the conference programme is certain to be intellectually =20 stimulating, the location at the V&A Waterfront will provide a =20 convenient launchpad to see Cape Town and its surrounding areas as =20 well. Information on travel and accommodation is available on the =20 website. We cordially invite you to join us at ETD2011! =3D=3D=3D Programme Details [Full programme details can be found at: = http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011/programme=20 ] In summary, the programme is structured as follows: * 13 September : Tutorial and Conference Opening * 14-15 September : Keynote Addresses, Paper and Panel Sessions * 16-17 September : Workshops The following papers have been accepted for presentation: 1. Digitization efforts in the Federal University of Technology =20 Owerri (Futo): successes, challenges, prospects/Chinwe Anunobi & =20 Collette Onyebinama 2. Do ETDs deter publishers? Does web availability count as prior =20 publication?/Marisa Ramirez, Gail Mcmillan, Joan Dalton, Nancy Seamans =20= & Max Read 3. The dot on the i: reflections of a postgraduate student and =20 repository manager on the etd process at the University of Pretoria/=20 Elsab=E9 Olivier & Ina Louw 4. Thesis and dissertations management overview in Kosovo/Shukrije =20= Rama 5. Institutional repositories for open access: the Ghanaian =20 experience/Abednego Corletey 6. Electronic theses and dissertations in Nigeria University =20 Libraries: status, challenges and strategies/Ifeanyi J Ezema & Cyprian =20= Ugwu 7. Creative partnerships to advance graduate research in the =20 digital age/John Hagen 8. Towards a National ETD Database: responsibilities of the =20 libraries in Kenya/John Thuku 9. First a trial balloon, now an established workflow: collecting =20 electronic thesis at the German National Library/Uta Ackermann 10. CARPET - a Directory of Generic Publishing Tools/Peter =20 Schirmbacher 11. Creating a National Electronic Thesis & Dissertation Portal in =20 South Africa/Lawrence Webley, Hussein Suleman & Tatenda Chipeperekwa 12. Building institutional repositories in KLISC Member Institutions =20= in Kenya: emerging challenges/Rosemary Otando 13. Assessing awareness of repositories and the Open Access Movement =20= among ETD Faculty Advisors/Molly Dolan 14. Enriching the VT ETD-db System with references/Sung Hee Park & =20 Edward A. Fox 15. Social factors influencing the adoption and development of =20 Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programmes in the Arab Gulf =20= States/Jamal Alsalmi, Dr Chern Li Liew & Brenda Chawner 16. Data desiccation: facilitating long-term access, use, and reuse =20= of ETDs/Daniel Alemneh & Mark Phillips 17. Two South African institutional repositories: a comparative =20 overview/Annah Macha & Karin De Jager 18. Examining access by country, language and areas of knowledge/Ana =20= Pavani 19. Where sharing should not go: establishing administrative =20 protocols for copyright compliance and plagiarism detection/Charles =20 Greenberg & Austin Mclean 20. Improving accessibility to collections of electronic theses and =20= dissertations/Venkat Srinivasan & Edward Fox 21. University digital scholarship centers and support for graduate =20= thesis and dissertation work/Joan Lippincott 22. VT ETD-db 2.0: rewriting ETD-db system/Sung Hee Park, Paul =20 Mather, Kimberli D. Weeks & Gail Mcmillan 23. The role of stakeholders: electronic theses and dissertations =20 submission workflow for the University of Johannesburg/Lazarus =20 Matizirofa 24. Digitization of theses and dissertations: status quo India/Dr =20 Mangala Hirwade 25. Panel on plans related to the NDLTD Union Catalog/Edward Fox There will be three workshops to discuss specific topics in detail and =20= advance the state of the art: * Workshop 1: Distributed Digital Preservation for ETDs * Workshop 2: Data Curation * Workshop 3: Lets get started! Creating Institutional =20 Repositories using open source software Details on the workshops can be found at: = http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011/workshops =3D=3D=3D Late-Breaking Results We can still accommodate some late-breaking results in the form of =20 posters at the conference. If you wish to submit a poster to the =20 conference, contact the programme chairs [Hussein =20 and Elsab=E9 ] before 31 = =20 July 2011. =3D=3D=3D Registration Register for the conference online at: http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011/registration The deadline for early registration is 1 August 2011. =3D=3D=3D Travel Grants and Student Grants There is some funding available for travel grants. See the website =20 for details. The deadline for travel grant applications is 8 July 2011. Students are encouraged to participate in the conference. Funding is =20= available to support some students in related disciplines (Library and =20= Information Science, Computer Science, etc.) to participate in the =20 conference. See the website for details. The deadline for student =20 grant applications is 20 July 2011. =3D=3D=3D Organising Committee * Janine Dunlop, University of Cape Town * Pascal Hoba, Association of African Universities * Thuli Khoza, NRF * Patricia Liebetrau, University of Kwazulu-Natal * Pateka Matshaya, University of the Western Cape/CHELSA * Elsabe Olivier, University of Pretoria/NDLTD * Reggie Raju, Stellenbosch University * Hannie Sander, University of Johannesburg/CHELSA * Daisy Selematsela, NRF, Conference Chair * Ina Smith, Stellenbosch University * Heinrich Spingies, NRF * Hussein Suleman, University of Cape Town, Programme Chair * Felix Ubogu, University of the Witwatersrand/CHELSA * Henda van der Berg, NRF --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D hussein suleman ~ hussein@cs.uct.ac.za ~ http://www.husseinsspace.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= --Apple-Mail-6-333300041 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Registration and program = information are now available for the premier conference on ETDs. =  I will be giving a presentation on digital scholarship centers and = their support for students developing ETDs.
Joan = Lippincott
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ETD2011: = Call for Participation

ETD2011 - 14th International Symposium on = Electronic Theses and Dissertations
13-17 September 2011
Cape = Town, South Africa
http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za= /conferences/etd2011

=3D=3D=3D Overview

ETD2011 is the = latest in a series of international conferences of the Networked Digital = Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD). The expected audience will = include advocates, practitioners, researchers and students working in = the area of electronic theses and dissertations and, more broadly, open = access and digital repositories.  The conference is hosted in South = Africa by the SA National Research Foundation, Committee for Higher = Education Librarians of South Africa (CHELSA), University of Cape Town = and Stellenbosch University.  ETD2011 will provide local and = international attendees with the opportunity to exchange ideas and = enrich their respective programmes, bridging the infamous north-south = divide.

The conference programme will include technical paper = sessions, plenary keynote addresses, poster presentations (with at least = 24 posters), panels, tutorials and workshops -- to cater for a broad = audience of participants.

While the conference programme is = certain to be intellectually stimulating, the location at the V&A = Waterfront will provide a convenient launchpad to see Cape Town and its = surrounding areas as well.  Information on travel and accommodation = is available on the website.

We cordially invite you to join us = at ETD2011!

=3D=3D=3D Programme Details

[Full programme = details can be found at: http://dl.cs= .uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011/programme]

In summary, the = programme is structured as follows:

   * 13 = September : Tutorial and Conference Opening
   * 14-15 = September : Keynote Addresses, Paper and Panel = Sessions
   * 16-17 September : Workshops

The = following papers have been accepted for = presentation:

  1. Digitization efforts in the Federal = University of Technology Owerri (Futo): successes, challenges, = prospects/Chinwe Anunobi & Collette Onyebinama
  2. Do = ETDs deter publishers? Does web availability count as prior = publication?/Marisa Ramirez, Gail Mcmillan, Joan Dalton, Nancy Seamans = & Max Read
  3. The dot on the i: reflections of a = postgraduate student and repository manager on the etd process at the = University of Pretoria/Elsab=E9 Olivier & Ina Louw
  4. = Thesis and dissertations management overview in Kosovo/Shukrije = Rama
  5. Institutional repositories for open access: the = Ghanaian experience/Abednego Corletey
  6. Electronic = theses and dissertations in Nigeria University Libraries: status, = challenges and strategies/Ifeanyi J Ezema & Cyprian = Ugwu
  7. Creative partnerships to advance graduate = research in the digital age/John Hagen
  8. Towards a = National ETD Database: responsibilities of the libraries in Kenya/John = Thuku
  9. First a trial balloon, now an established = workflow: collecting electronic thesis at the German National = Library/Uta Ackermann
 10. CARPET - a Directory of Generic = Publishing Tools/Peter Schirmbacher
 11. Creating a National = Electronic Thesis & Dissertation Portal in South Africa/Lawrence = Webley, Hussein Suleman & Tatenda Chipeperekwa
 12. Building = institutional repositories in KLISC Member Institutions in Kenya: = emerging challenges/Rosemary Otando
 13. Assessing awareness of = repositories and the Open Access Movement among ETD Faculty = Advisors/Molly Dolan
 14. Enriching the VT ETD-db System with = references/Sung Hee Park & Edward A. Fox
 15. Social factors = influencing the adoption and development of Electronic Theses and = Dissertations (ETD) programmes in the Arab Gulf States/Jamal Alsalmi, Dr = Chern Li Liew & Brenda Chawner
 16. Data desiccation: = facilitating long-term access, use, and reuse of ETDs/Daniel Alemneh = & Mark Phillips
 17. Two South African institutional = repositories: a comparative overview/Annah Macha & Karin De = Jager
 18. Examining access by country, language and areas of = knowledge/Ana Pavani
 19. Where sharing should not go: = establishing administrative protocols for copyright compliance and = plagiarism detection/Charles Greenberg & Austin Mclean
 20. = Improving accessibility to collections of electronic theses and = dissertations/Venkat Srinivasan & Edward Fox
 21. University = digital scholarship centers and support for graduate thesis and = dissertation work/Joan Lippincott
 22. VT ETD-db 2.0: rewriting = ETD-db system/Sung Hee Park, Paul Mather, Kimberli D. Weeks & Gail = Mcmillan
 23. The role of stakeholders: electronic theses and = dissertations submission workflow for the University of = Johannesburg/Lazarus Matizirofa
 24. Digitization of theses and = dissertations: status quo India/Dr Mangala Hirwade
 25. Panel on = plans related to the NDLTD Union Catalog/Edward Fox

There will be = three workshops to discuss specific topics in detail and advance the = state of the art:

   * Workshop 1: Distributed = Digital Preservation for ETDs
   * Workshop 2: Data = Curation
   * Workshop 3: Lets get started! Creating = Institutional Repositories using open source software

Details on = the workshops can be found at: http://dl.cs= .uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011/workshops

=3D=3D=3D = Late-Breaking Results

We can still accommodate some late-breaking = results in the form of posters at the conference.  If you wish to = submit a poster to the conference, contact the programme chairs [Hussein = <hussein@cs.uct.ac.za> = and Elsab=E9 <Elsabe.Olivier@up.ac.za>] = before 31 July 2011.

=3D=3D=3D Registration

Register for = the conference online at:

http://dl= .cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011/registration

The deadline = for early registration is 1 August 2011.

=3D=3D=3D Travel Grants = and Student Grants

There is some funding available for travel = grants.  See the website for details.  The deadline for travel = grant applications is 8 July 2011.

Students are encouraged to = participate in the conference.  Funding is available to support = some students in related disciplines (Library and Information Science, = Computer Science, etc.) to participate in the conference.  See the = website for details.  The deadline for student grant applications = is 20 July 2011.

=3D=3D=3D Organising Committee

* Janine = Dunlop, University of Cape Town
* Pascal Hoba, Association of African = Universities
* Thuli Khoza, NRF
* Patricia Liebetrau, University = of Kwazulu-Natal
* Pateka Matshaya, University of the Western = Cape/CHELSA
* Elsabe Olivier, University of Pretoria/NDLTD
* = Reggie Raju, Stellenbosch University
* Hannie Sander, University of = Johannesburg/CHELSA
* Daisy Selematsela, NRF, Conference Chair
* = Ina Smith, Stellenbosch University
* Heinrich Spingies, NRF
* = Hussein Suleman, University of Cape Town, Programme Chair
* Felix = Ubogu, University of the Witwatersrand/CHELSA
* Henda van der Berg, = NRF

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