From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:40:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [82.239.13.16] (account joan@cni.org HELO [192.168.0.33]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 28646004 for cni-announce@cni.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:21:11 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_456BAB94-FDA1-4D9F-8317-C9EA7C35F70E" Subject: 2015 ETD Survey - Call for participation X-Original-Message-Id: <8D0F8EDB-E6E5-4871-9165-9838D98302D8@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 09:21:09 -0400 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org (cni-announce@cni.org)" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_456BAB94-FDA1-4D9F-8317-C9EA7C35F70E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Many universities have ETD programs but we still lack good data, as my = colleague Gail McMillan from Virginia Tech, describes below. I encourage = you to participate in this survey. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------ 2015 ETD Survey: A Comprehensive Survey of ETD Practices ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) have been part of academia = for over 20 years, yet we lack comparative data over time. This is only = the second study of general practices of academic institutions regarding = ETDs. This study will identify current best practices as well as problem = areas for all institutions to be aware of, and it will chart the = longitudinal progress of ETD initiatives. Please take 15 minutes to complete this survey (or forward this email to = a more appropriate person at your institution) and remedy the shallow = depths of statistical data available about ETDs. Click here to take the ETD survey or paste the URL below into your = Internet browser. We promise that it really won=92t take longer than 15 = minutes to respond. http://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=3DSV_3O6KFl5BhthVuTz It is my goal to repeat this survey every two years and to post the = results widely in easily accessible public repositories. The results of = the first baseline survey, =932013 NDLTD Survey of ETD Practices,=94 are = available at http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50978. Thank you very much for participating in this important survey. Gail McMillan Director, Scholarly Communication Professor, Virginia Tech Libraries Board of Directors, Networked Digital Library of Theses and = Dissertations (NDLTD) gailmac@vt.edu 540-231-9252 --Apple-Mail=_456BAB94-FDA1-4D9F-8317-C9EA7C35F70E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Please take 15 minutes to = complete this survey (or forward this email to a more appropriate person = at your institution) and remedy the shallow depths of statistical data = available about ETDs.

Click here to take the ETD survey or paste the URL below = into your Internet browser. We promise that it really won=92t take = longer than 15 minutes to respond.

http://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=3DSV_3O6KFl5Bhth= VuTz

It is my goal to repeat this survey every two years and = to post the results widely in easily accessible public repositories. The = results of the first baseline survey, =932013 NDLTD Survey of ETD = Practices,=94 are available at http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50978.

Thank = you very much for participating in this important survey.

Gail McMillan
Director, Scholarly = Communication
Professor, Virginia Tech Libraries
Board of = Directors, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations = (NDLTD)
gailmac@vt.edu  =  540-231-9252


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