From: "Joan K. Lippincott joan@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:23:31 -0500 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 6.2.1) with ESMTPSA id 33792385 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:44:56 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_0112C35D-3DDC-496A-AAFC-6433819991DF" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: ETDplus Virtual Workshops X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:44:56 -0500 X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) --Apple-Mail=_0112C35D-3DDC-496A-AAFC-6433819991DF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), = the Educopia Institute, in partnership with a number of others, has = produced an excellent series of asynchronous virtual workshops and = supporting materials on issues related to production and curation of = electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). While these can be used = directly by students, they will also have value for information = professionals, both to assist them with creating their own workshops and = for their own professional development.=20 =E2=80=94Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------ Announcing the Publication of the ETDplus Virtual Workshops (please forgive cross-posting) Today marks the release of the ETD+ Virtual Workshop Series, the final = output of the ETD+ project (2014-17), a partnership between the Educopia = Institute, NDLTD, ProQuest, bepress, and twelve University libraries, = generously supported by IMLS.=20 Focusing specifically on the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) as = a mile-marker in a student=E2=80=99s research trajectory, the ETD+ = Virtual Workshop Series provides in-time advice to students and faculty = about avoiding common digital loss scenarios for the ETD and all of its = affiliated files. Taught by Dr. Katherine Skinner, the ETD+ Virtual Workshop Series is a = set of free introductory training resources on crucial data curation and = digital longevity techniques.=20 Workshop topics (approx. 15-20 minutes each) include: Copyright (Workshop | Guidance Brief) Data Organization (Workshop | Guidance Brief) File Formats (Workshop | Guidance Brief) Metadata (Workshop | Guidance Brief) Storage (Workshop | Guidance Brief) Version Control (Workshop | Guidance Brief) Each module also includes supplemental material -- slides, a Guidance = Brief (a booklet on each topic, published November 2017) and a printable = handout summarizing key takeaways and learning objectives.=20 Access all of the materials now: https://educopia.org/research/etdplus = Please consider sharing these with graduate students (and faculty = advisors) in your institution. Earlier ETD+ Outputs The ETDplus Virtual Workshop was built using the research project's = earlier output, the ETD+ Toolkit (August 2017), which is a set of = lightly formatted, easy to adopt and adapt workshop slides (with talking = points) and accompanying guidance briefs.=20 This earlier output, the ETD+ Toolkit, was released as a CC-BY package = in August 2017. The toolkit contains all of the information necessary = for hosting these materials locally, including easy-to-modify = slideshows, guidance brief text documents, handouts, and evaluation = instruments.=20 The ETD+ Toolkit enables anyone with basic digital preservation = knowledge to host and teach these workshops and/or provide their = students with the information contained in the Guidance Briefs in a = locally customized way.=20 For more information about the ETD+ project and its outputs, please = contact courtney@educopia.org or = katherine@educopia.org . --Apple-Mail=_0112C35D-3DDC-496A-AAFC-6433819991DF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

With = funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the = Educopia Institute, in partnership with a number of others, has produced = an excellent series of asynchronous virtual workshops and supporting = materials on issues related to production and curation of electronic = theses and dissertations (ETDs). While these can be used directly by = students, they will also have value for information professionals, both = to assist them with creating their own workshops and for their own = professional development. 
=E2=80=94Joan = Lippincott, CNI
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Announcing the = Publication of the ETDplus Virtual Workshops
(please = forgive cross-posting)

Today marks the release of the ETD+ Virtual Workshop Series, the final output of the ETD+ project (2014-17), a partnership between the Educopia=20 Institute, NDLTD, ProQuest, bepress, and twelve University libraries,=20 generously supported by IMLS.

Focusing = specifically on the=20 Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) as a mile-marker in a = student=E2=80=99s research trajectory, the ETD+ Virtual Workshop Series provides in-time=20= advice to students and faculty about avoiding common digital loss=20 scenarios for the ETD and all of its affiliated files.

Taught by=20 Dr. Katherine Skinner,  the ETD+ Virtual Workshop Series is a set = of=20 free introductory training resources on crucial data curation and=20 digital longevity techniques.

Workshop topics (approx. 15-20 minutes each) include:
Copyright (Workshop | Guidance Brief)
Data = Organization (Workshop | Guidance Brief)
File Formats = (Workshop | Guidance Brief)
Metadata (Workshop | Guidance = Brief)
Storage (Workshop | Guidance Brief)
Version Control (Workshop | Guidance Brief)
Each module also includes supplemental material -- slides, a Guidance Brief=20= (a booklet on each topic, published November 2017) and a printable=20 handout summarizing key takeaways and learning objectives.

Access all of the materials now: https://educopia.org/research/etdplus

Please consider sharing these with graduate = students (and faculty advisors) in your institution.

Earlier ETD+ Outputs
The ETDplus Virtual Workshop was built using the research project's earlier output, the ETD+ Toolkit (August 2017), which is a set of lightly=20 formatted, easy to adopt and adapt workshop slides (with talking points) and accompanying guidance briefs.

This = earlier output, the ETD+ Toolkit, was released as a CC-BY package in August 2017. The toolkit=20 contains all of the information necessary for hosting these materials=20 locally, including easy-to-modify slideshows, guidance brief text=20 documents, handouts, and evaluation instruments.

The ETD+=20 Toolkit enables anyone with basic digital preservation knowledge to host and teach these workshops and/or provide their students with the=20 information contained in the Guidance Briefs in a locally customized=20 way.

For more information about the ETD+ = project and its outputs, please contact courtney@educopia.org or katherine@educopia.org.
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