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From ETD2007 Conference Committee - etd2007@ub.uu.se
Call for papers - ETD2007
10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Uppsala, Sweden, June 13-16, 2007
http://epc.ub.uu.se/ETD2007/
ETD2007 - Added Value for E-theses
This meeting offers scope for an exchange of experience and consolidation of cooperation in the field of electronic theses and dissertations at local, national and international levels.
Under the general theme "Added Value for E-theses", ETD 2007 is organised around two main themes: "Integrating ETDs with institutional processes and practices" and "Value added services".
The themes of the conference call for reflection on opportunities for joint efforts among various players in the production and information chain, both inside and outside our universities.
The Conference Committee invites for the submission of papers and posters in all areas relevant to Electronic Theses and Dissertations, including but not limited to:
* Integrating e-theses into local services (student portals,
educational portals and platforms, research databases, electronic
prepublication processes)
* Integrating e-theses into the research process (i.e., linking with
research projects etc.)
* Integrating e-theses in national and international services
(syndication, OAI-PMH, discovery services, syntactic and semantic
interoperability)
* Local practices regarding e-theses
* Linking ETDs with related material such as data sets, statistics,
multimedia
* Long-term preservation
* Business models and sustainability
* Enhancing graduate education through ETD programs
* Enhancing graduate knowledge about intellectual property
(copyrights, patents, plagiarism policies
* Improving scholarly communication globally through ETDs
Important dates:
November 15, 2006 - First call for papers
January 15th, 2007 - Registration opens
February 15th, 2007 - Final deadline for submission of abstracts of papers and posters
March 15th, 2007 - Notification of acceptance May, 15th, 2007 - Deadline for final paper submission
June 13-16th, 2007 - ETD Conference 2007
Author guidelines: Instructions for submission will be updated on the conference website. For early submission, contact: etd2007@ub.uu.se
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and the electronic version of the contributions also will be available from the conference website.
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