From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 23:45:20 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [38.110.18.126] ([38.110.18.126] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.9) with ESMTPS id 24065431 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:54:27 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8021F418-CDF4-4AC2-94A9-2805F3A4068E" Subject: Guidance Documents for ETDs Available for Review X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 17:54:38 -0400 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) --Apple-Mail=_8021F418-CDF4-4AC2-94A9-2805F3A4068E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Dear cni-announce subscribers: Institutions that are developing ETD programs often have a need for = information on a wide range of issues, from access and embargo issues = (currently in the news due to the American Historical Association = statement) to curatorial practices in the digital environment. A group = of experts has written a set of materials addressing many aspects of ETD = lifecycle management. The editors are requesting that interested = parties review the documents and send comments to improve the content. = I have already contributed comments and encourage all of you, whether = you have existing ETD programs or are in the formative stages, to give = some feedback to the editors. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------ The ETD Lifecycle Management project (http://metaarchive.org/imls) = releases for public review the draft Guidance Documents for Lifecycle = Management of ETDs. Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library = Services (IMLS) and led by the University of North Texas, in partnership = with the NDLTD and Educopia Institute, the ETD Lifecycle Management = project is promoting best practices and improving the capacity of = academic libraries to preserve ETDs for future researchers.=20 About the ETD Guidance Documents Written by ETD program experts from several established and = well-respected academic institutions (see below), the Guidance Documents = are geared towards the full range of stakeholders in ETD programs from = administrators to graduate schools to librarians to vendors. As = indicated by the Table of Contents below, the Guidance Documents cover a = range of curation topics that span the lifecycle for ETDs. Table of Contents Guidance Documents for the Lifecycle Management of ETDs Guidelines for Implementing ETD Programs =96 Roles & Responsibilities Guide to Access Levels & Embargoes of ETDs Briefing on Copyright & Fair Use Issues in ETDs Guidelines for Collecting Usage Metrics & Demonstrations of Value for = ETD Programs Managing the Lifecycle of ETDs: Curatorial Decisions & Practices Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management Guide to ETD Program Planning & Cost Estimation Guide to Options for ETD Programs =20 Review the Guidance Documents Interested ETD stakeholders can register to receive a copy of the = Guidance Documents at the following website, = http://publishing.educopia.org/etd-lifecycle-guidance-documents/. By = requesting the documents, reviewers are voluntarily agreeing to provide = our project with feedback to help improve the documents. Reviewers may = provide feedback on all of the documents or just the document(s) that = prove most relevant to their areas of interest. Our project staff will = follow up with reviewers individually one month from the date they = receive the documents, and will incorporate their suggestions into the = final draft. The review period will close on December 31st, 2013. About the Document Authors & Editors The Guidance Document for Lifecycle Management of ETDs have been = authored by ETD program experts from the University of North Texas, = Virginia Tech, Rice University, Boston College, Indiana State = University, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Arizona. = The documents were edited by representatives from the Educopia = Institute, the MetaArchive Cooperative, and the Networked Digital = Library of Theses and Dissertations. Special thanks to Joan Lippencott = from the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) for early reviews of = the draft documents. Gail McMillan Director, Center for Digital Research & Scholarship=20 Services (formerly Digital Library & Archives) Professor, University Libraries Virginia Tech gailmac@vt.edu 540-231-9252 --Apple-Mail=_8021F418-CDF4-4AC2-94A9-2805F3A4068E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 http://metaarchive.org/imls) releases for public = review the draft Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of = ETDs. Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) = and led by the University of North Texas, in partnership with the NDLTD = and Educopia Institute, the ETD Lifecycle Management project is = promoting best practices and improving the capacity of academic = libraries to preserve ETDs for future = researchers. 

About the ETD Guidance = Documents
Written by ETD program experts from several = established and well-respected academic institutions (see below), = the Guidance Documents are geared towards the full = range of stakeholders in ETD programs from administrators to graduate = schools to librarians to vendors. As indicated by the Table of Contents = below, the Guidance Documents cover a range of curation = topics that span the lifecycle for = ETDs.

Table of = Contents
  1. Guidance Documents for the Lifecycle = Management of ETDs
  2. Guidelines for Implementing ETD Programs = =96 Roles & Responsibilities
  3. Guide to Access Levels = & Embargoes of ETDs
  4. Briefing on Copyright & Fair Use = Issues in ETDs
  5. Guidelines for Collecting Usage Metrics & = Demonstrations of Value for ETD Programs
  6. Managing the = Lifecycle of ETDs: Curatorial Decisions & = Practices
  7. Metadata for ETD Lifecycle = Management
  8. Guide to ETD Program Planning & Cost = Estimation
  9. Guide to Options for ETD Programs =   
Review the Guidance = Documents
Interested ETD stakeholders can register to = receive a copy of the Guidance Documents at the = following website, http://publishing.educopia.org/etd-lifecycle-guidance-do= cuments/. By requesting the documents, reviewers are voluntarily = agreeing to provide our project with feedback to help improve the = documents. Reviewers may provide feedback on all of the documents or = just the document(s) that prove most relevant to their areas of = interest. Our project staff will follow up with reviewers individually = one month from the date they receive the documents, and will incorporate = their suggestions into the final draft. The review period will close on = December 31st, 2013.

About the Document Authors & = Editors
The Guidance Document for Lifecycle Management of = ETDs have been authored by ETD program experts from the = University of North Texas, Virginia Tech, Rice University, Boston = College, Indiana State University, Pennsylvania State University, and = University of Arizona. The documents were edited by representatives from = the Educopia Institute, the MetaArchive Cooperative, and the Networked = Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. Special thanks to Joan = Lippencott from the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) for early = reviews of the draft documents.


Gail McMillan
Director, Center = for Digital Research & Scholarship 
= Services (formerly Digital Library & Archives)
Professor, = University Libraries
Virginia Tech
gailmac@vt.edu   = 540-231-9252
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