From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:40:44 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org (account joan@cni.org [192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 30616988 for cni-announce@cni.org; Mon, 23 May 2016 10:38:04 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C1A1FE78-DE10-4D7B-B748-D9553B95F63B" Subject: ETD Plus - Review Guidance Briefs X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:38:04 -0400 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_C1A1FE78-DE10-4D7B-B748-D9553B95F63B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear cni-announce subscribers: Many of your institutions have active electronic theses and = dissertations (ETD) programs, but you may still seek information on best = practices in areas such as file formats, metadata, and version control. = Our colleagues at Educopia have facilitated the development of ETD = Guidance Briefs and are inviting the community to review and comment on = these items by June 30, 2016. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------ Greetings, If you have interest or involvement in ETD programs, please consider = taking a look at these ETD documents and tools and evaluating them: Preserving and Curating ETD Research Data and Complex Digital Objects, = Guidance Briefs Available for Public Review and Use - (May 3-June 30, = 2016) The ETDplus project (https://educopia.org/research/grants/etdplus) = invites Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) program staff, = librarians, faculty advisors, and graduate students to participate in a = public review of the Guidance Briefs for Preserving & Curating ETD = Research Data & Complex Digital Objects.=20 About the ETD Guidance Briefs: The Guidance Briefs are short (3-4 page) "how-to" oriented briefs = designed to help ETD programs build and nurture supportive relationships = with student researchers. These briefs will assist student researchers = in understanding how their approaches to data and content management = impact credibility, replicable research, and general long-term = accessibility: knowledge and skills that will impact the health of their = careers for years to come. Review (and Use!) the Guidance Briefs: Interested ETD stakeholders can download copies of the Guidance Briefs = at the following website, = https://educopia.org/deliverables/etdplus-guidance-briefs . The Guidance = Briefs cover the following topics: 1. Copyright 2. Data Structures 3. File Formats 4. Metadata 5. Storage 6. Version Control We are releasing these Briefs--both during this initial public review = phase and after they are refined--as openly editable documents. We want = institutions to use and reuse these in whatever way works for their = local audiences. Each Brief includes generally applicable information = about its topic, and also includes a "Local Practices" section that an = institution may use to call attention to what's happening on its own = campus.=20 We invite you to help us refine these documents by drawing our project = team's attention to any components that need to be edited, revised, = broadened, or narrowed. Please send us an email with your suggestions = and/or track your changes within the documents and email those back to = us at the addresses below by or before June 30, 2016. We plan to = integrate the community's feedback before formally issuing these Briefs = under a CC BY 4.0 license later this summer.=20 If you have any further questions about the Guidance Briefs or about the = ETDplus project, don't hesitate to reach out to us: Katherine Skinner, Principal Investigator (katherine@educopia.org) Sam Meister, Co-Principal Investigator (sam@educopia.org) Courtney Vukasinovic, Administrative Coordinator (courtney@educopia.org) About the ETDplus Project: The ETDplus project is helping institutions ensure the longevity and = availability of ETD research data and complex digital objects (e.g., = software, multimedia files) that comprise an integral component of = student theses and dissertations. The project is generously funded by = the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and led by the = Educopia Institute, in collaboration with the NDLTD, HBCU Alliance, = bepress, ProQuest, and the libraries of Carnegie Mellon, Indiana State, = Morehouse, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, University of Louisville, = University of Tennessee, the University of North Texas, and Virginia = Tech. Best regards, Martin Halbert (Ph.D., MLIS) UNT Dean of Libraries and Associate Professor --Apple-Mail=_C1A1FE78-DE10-4D7B-B748-D9553B95F63B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

Dear cni-announce = subscribers:


Many of your institutions have = active electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) programs, but you may = still seek information on best practices in areas such as file formats, = metadata, and version control. Our colleagues at Educopia have = facilitated the development of ETD Guidance Briefs and are inviting the = community to review and comment on these items by June 30, = 2016.

--Joan Lippincott, = CNI
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Greetings,

If you have interest or involvement in ETD = programs, please consider taking a look at these ETD documents and tools = and evaluating them:

Preserving and Curating ETD Research Data = and Complex Digital Objects, Guidance Briefs Available for Public Review = and Use - (May 3-June 30, 2016)

The ETDplus project (https://educopia.org= /research/grants/etdplus) invites Electronic Theses and = Dissertations (ETD) program staff, librarians, faculty advisors, and = graduate students to participate in a public review of the Guidance = Briefs for Preserving & Curating ETD Research Data & Complex = Digital Objects. 

About the ETD Guidance Briefs:
The = Guidance Briefs are short (3-4 page) "how-to" oriented briefs designed = to help ETD programs build and nurture supportive relationships with = student researchers. These briefs will assist student researchers in = understanding how their approaches to data and content management impact = credibility, replicable research, and general long-term accessibility: = knowledge and skills that will impact the health of their careers for = years to come.

Review (and Use!) the Guidance = Briefs:
Interested ETD stakeholders can download copies of the = Guidance Briefs at the following website, https:/= /educopia.org/deliverables/etdplus-guidance-briefs . The = Guidance Briefs cover the following topics:
1. Copyright
2. Data = Structures
3. File Formats
4. Metadata
5. Storage
6. Version = Control

We are releasing these Briefs--both during this initial = public review phase and after they are refined--as openly editable = documents. We want institutions to use and reuse these in whatever way = works for their local audiences. Each Brief includes generally = applicable information about its topic, and also includes a "Local = Practices" section that an institution may use to call attention to = what's happening on its own campus. 

We invite you to help = us refine these documents by drawing our project team's attention to any = components that need to be edited, revised, broadened, or narrowed. = Please send us an email with your suggestions and/or track your changes = within the documents and email those back to us at the addresses below = by or before June 30, 2016. We plan to integrate the community's = feedback before formally issuing these Briefs under a CC BY 4.0 license = later this summer. 

If you have any further questions about = the Guidance Briefs or about the ETDplus project, don't hesitate to = reach out to us:
Katherine Skinner, Principal Investigator (katherine@educopia.org)
Sam = Meister, Co-Principal Investigator (sam@educopia.org)
Courtney = Vukasinovic, Administrative Coordinator (courtney@educopia.org)

Ab= out the ETDplus Project:
The ETDplus project is helping institutions = ensure the longevity and availability of ETD research data and complex = digital objects (e.g., software, multimedia files) that comprise an = integral component of student theses and dissertations. The project is = generously funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) = and led by the Educopia Institute, in collaboration with the NDLTD, HBCU = Alliance, bepress, ProQuest, and the libraries of Carnegie Mellon, = Indiana State, Morehouse, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, University = of Louisville, University of Tennessee, the University of North Texas, = and Virginia Tech.

Best regards,

Martin Halbert (Ph.D., = MLIS)
UNT Dean of Libraries and Associate = Professor

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