From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:25:29 -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 31378995 for cni-announce@cni.org; Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:26:54 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E404F6BD-D21C-4C15-9FD1-6C2CAA21FC75" Subject: New resource for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) curation and preservation X-Original-Message-Id: <3CA07275-3E3C-49B3-AFB9-48631D5F9711@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 15:26:54 -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=_E404F6BD-D21C-4C15-9FD1-6C2CAA21FC75 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 For the many campuses that have or are starting ETD programs, I = encourage you to take a look at this new resource produced by experts = from a number of institutions under the auspices of the Educopia = organization. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------------ Publication Announcement The ETDplus project (https://educopia.org/research/grants/etdplus) has=20= published a set of six Guidance Briefs about the curation and=20 preservation of ETD research data and complex digital objects. These open documents are ready to be adopted and adapted for local use=20= by universities/colleges to help students understand how to prepare,=20 manage, and store the research files associated with their ETDs. The ETDplus project is generously funded by the Institute of Museum and=20= Library Services (IMLS) and led by the Educopia Institute, in=20 collaboration with the NDLTD, HBCU Alliance, bepress, ProQuest, and the=20= libraries of Carnegie Mellon, Indiana State, Morehouse, Oregon State,=20 Penn State, Purdue, University of Louisville, University of Tennessee,=20= the University of North Texas, and Virginia Tech. About the ETD Guidance Briefs The Guidance Briefs are short (3-4 page) =93how-to=94 oriented briefs=20 designed to help ETD programs build and nurture supportive=20 relationships with student researchers. These briefs are written for a=20= student audience. They are designed to assist student researchers in=20 understanding how their approaches to data and content management=20 impact credibility, replicable research, and general long-term=20 accessibility: knowledge and skills that will impact the health of=20 their careers for years to come. In addition to providing actionable, easy-to-follow advice about how to=20= organize, store, and protect their research files, these Guidance=20 Briefs help students recognize how their own content management=20 practices will impact the credibility, replicability, and long-term=20 accessibility of their findings. This knowledge and skills will impact=20= the health of their careers for years to come. Anyone can download, edit, and use the Guidance Briefs using the links=20= on this page. A forthcoming workshop series featuring these Briefs and=20= geared toward student audiences will also be available to ETD programs=20= in early 2017. Use the Guidance Briefs Interested ETD stakeholders can download copies of the Guidance Briefs=20= (as Word or RTF documents) at the following website,=20 https://educopia.org/deliverables/etdplus-guidance-briefs. The Guidance=20= 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 as openly editable documents under a CC=20 BY 4.0 license. We want institutions to use and reuse these in whatever=20= ways work best for their local audiences. Each Brief includes generally=20= applicable information about its topic, and also includes a =93Local=20 Practices=94 section that an institution should use to call attention to=20= what=92s happening on its own campus. If you have any further questions about the Guidance Briefs or about=20 the ETDplus project, don't hesitate to reach out to us: Katherine Skinner, Principal Investigator=20 Sam Meister, Co-Principal Investigator=20 Courtney Vukasinovic, Administrative Coordinator=20 About the ETDplus Project The ETDplus project is helping institutions ensure the longevity and=20 availability of ETD research data and complex digital objects (e.g.,=20 software, multimedia files) that comprise an integral component of=20 student theses and dissertations. The project is generously funded by=20 the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and led by the=20 Educopia Institute, in collaboration with the NDLTD, HBCU Alliance,=20 bepress, ProQuest, and the libraries of Carnegie Mellon, Indiana State,=20= Morehouse, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, University of Louisville,=20= University of Tennessee, the University of North Texas, and Virginia=20 Tech.= --Apple-Mail=_E404F6BD-D21C-4C15-9FD1-6C2CAA21FC75 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 For = the many campuses that have or are starting ETD programs, I encourage = you to take a look at this new resource produced by experts from a = number of institutions under the auspices of the Educopia = organization.
--Joan Lippincott, = CNI
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Publication = Announcement
The ETDplus project (https://educopia.org= /research/grants/etdplus) has 
published a set of six = Guidance Briefs about the curation and 
preservation of ETD = research data and complex digital objects.

These open documents = are ready to be adopted and adapted for local use 
by = universities/colleges to help students understand how to = prepare, 
manage, and store the research files associated with = their ETDs.

The ETDplus 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.

About the ETD = Guidance Briefs
The Guidance Briefs are short (3-4 page) =93how-to=94 = oriented briefs 
designed to help ETD programs build and nurture = supportive 
relationships with student researchers. These briefs = are written for a 
student audience. They are designed to 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.

In addition to providing actionable, easy-to-follow = advice about how to 
organize, store, and protect their research = files, these Guidance 
Briefs help students recognize how their = own content management 
practices will impact the credibility, = replicability, and long-term 
accessibility of their findings. = This knowledge and skills will impact 
the health of their = careers for years to come.

Anyone can download, edit, and use the = Guidance Briefs using the links 
on this page. A forthcoming = workshop series featuring these Briefs and 
geared toward = student audiences will also be available to ETD programs 
in = early 2017.

Use the Guidance Briefs
Interested ETD = stakeholders can download copies of the Guidance Briefs 
(as = Word or RTF documents) 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 = as openly editable documents under a CC 
BY 4.0 license. We want = institutions to use and reuse these in whatever 
ways work best = for their local audiences. Each Brief includes = generally 
applicable information about its topic, and also = includes a =93Local 
Practices=94 section that an institution = should use to call attention to 
what=92s happening on its own = campus.

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 
Sam = Meister, Co-Principal Investigator 
Courtney Vukasinovic, = Administrative Coordinator 


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.
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