From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:54:30 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [108.45.24.216] (account joan@cni.org HELO [192.168.1.5]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 29640977 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:25:04 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_93C7628A-287F-4823-B675-F53E6409347D" Subject: ETD2016 Call for papers and posters X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 08:25:03 -0500 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=_93C7628A-287F-4823-B675-F53E6409347D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Dear cni-announce subscribers: The annual electronic theses and dissertations conference ETD2016 will = be in Europe this summer and there will be some a theme that is very = relevant to many in the CNI community -- handling research data produced = by PhD students. There will be sessions on a broader set of topics, too. I encourage you to submit a session proposal - see below. Note: I am on = the board of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations = (NDLTD) which co-sponsors the conference. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------- ETD2016, the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and = Dissertations, will take place from July 11 to July 13, 2016, at Lille. = The conference will be hosted by the University of Lille 3 and = co-organized with the Networked Digital Library of Theses and = Dissertations (NDLTD), an international organization dedicated to = promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation = of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). In 2016, the ETD International Symposium series comes for the first time = to France. The theme of the conference is "Data and Dissertations", with = a focus on the handling of research data produced by PhD students. As = the former events of the series, ETD2016 will again provide delegates = the unique opportunity to learn from each other, discuss new projects = and initiatives, share experiences and good practices from around the = world, and provide perspectives for further research and development. = ETD2016 is open for university librarians and other information = professionals interested in ETD and research data, scientists and = scholars in library and information sciences, and LIS students. The = conference language is English. Proposals for papers and posters are invited on all relevant topics in = the field of electronic theses and dissertations, in particular Advanced technologies and infrastructures Second generation ETD programs Open science, open access, open repositories Initiatives for better introducing PhD students to new ETD technologies Long-term preservation Identifiers ETD publishing and embargoes Other papers and posters on ETDs can deal with text and data mining, = research evaluation (ETDs and CRIS), legal and ethical aspects, = semantic enrichment, special collections, digitization programs and = national ETD policies. The main topic of ETD2016 will be =93Data and Dissertations=94, with a = focus on initiatives, projects and experiences in the field of research = data related to ETDs. Some questions for papers and posters: How should such research data be handled? How do PhD students manage their own datasets? What should be done to improve their data skills? And there are many other questions, e.g. legal and ethical issues, = formats, identifiers, storage and long term preservation, workflows, = best practices etc. ETD2016 will be a forum to discuss new developments and infrastructures = and to provide insights and perspectives for further progress, in the = global framework of open data and open science. We invite participants who want to present a paper or a poster at = ETD2016 to submit an English abstract between 400 and 500 words. The = abstract should clearly deal with the problem/goal, the applied = methodology, and anticipated results. The abstract should also include = the title of the paper or poster, name(s) of the author(s), and full = address information. Each submitted abstract will be reviewed in = double-blind by at least two members of the program committee. Abstracts for full papers and posters must be submitted on the = conference website. Authors will be notified of the program committee's = decision by end of February 2016. This notice will be accompanied by = further guidelines and recommendations. The deadline for full papers is January 15, 2016. The deadline for posters is April 15, 2016. All information are on the conference website = http://etd2016.sciencesconf.org/= --Apple-Mail=_93C7628A-287F-4823-B675-F53E6409347D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Dear = cni-announce subscribers:

The annual electronic = theses and dissertations conference ETD2016 will be in Europe this = summer and there will be some a theme that is very relevant to many in = the CNI community -- handling research data produced by PhD students. = There will be sessions on a broader set of topics, = too.

I encourage you to submit a session = proposal - see below. Note: I am on the board of the Networked Digital = Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) which co-sponsors the = conference.
--Joan Lippincott, CNI

ETD2016, = the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, = will take place from July 11 to July 13, 2016, at Lille. The conference = will be hosted by the University of Lille 3 and co-organized with the = Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), an = international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, = creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and = dissertations (ETDs).

In 2016, the ETD International Symposium = series comes for the first time to France. The theme of the conference = is "Data and Dissertations", with a focus on the handling of research = data produced by PhD students. As the former events of the series, = ETD2016 will again provide delegates the unique opportunity to learn = from each other, discuss new projects and initiatives, share experiences = and good practices from around the world, and provide perspectives for = further research and development. ETD2016 is open for university = librarians and other information professionals interested in ETD and = research data, scientists and scholars in library and information = sciences, and LIS students. The conference language is = English.

Proposals for papers and posters are invited on all = relevant topics in the field of electronic theses and dissertations, in = particular

Advanced technologies and infrastructures
Second = generation ETD programs
Open science, open access, open = repositories
Initiatives for better introducing PhD students to new = ETD technologies
Long-term preservation
Identifiers
ETD = publishing and embargoes

Other papers and posters on ETDs can = deal with text and data mining, research evaluation (ETDs and CRIS), =  legal and ethical aspects, semantic enrichment, special = collections, digitization programs and national ETD policies.

The = main topic of ETD2016 will be =93Data and Dissertations=94, with a focus = on initiatives, projects and experiences in the field of research data = related to ETDs. Some questions for papers and posters:

How = should such research data be handled?
How do PhD students manage = their own datasets?
What should be done to improve their data = skills?

And there are many other questions, e.g. legal and = ethical issues, formats, identifiers, storage and long term = preservation, workflows, best practices etc.

ETD2016 will be a = forum to discuss new developments and infrastructures and to provide = insights and perspectives for further progress, in the global framework = of open data and open science.

We invite participants who want to = present a paper or a poster at ETD2016 to submit an English abstract = between 400 and 500 words. The abstract should clearly deal with the = problem/goal, the applied methodology, and anticipated results. The = abstract should also include the title of the paper or poster, name(s) = of the author(s), and full address information. Each submitted abstract = will be reviewed in double-blind by at least two members of the program = committee.

Abstracts for full papers and posters must be = submitted on the conference website. Authors will be notified of the = program committee's decision by end of February 2016. This notice will = be accompanied by further guidelines and recommendations.

The = deadline for full papers is January 15, 2016.

The deadline for = posters is April 15, 2016.

All information are on the conference = website http://etd2016.sciencesconf.org/=

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