Call For Proposals USETDA 2013

The US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association has issued the call for proposals for USETDA 2013, to be held in Claremont, California (near Disneyland resort, beaches & Hollywood) July 24-26, 2013. Proposals will be accepted for presentations, panel sessions and posters. For more information see the USETDA Proposal Submission Site.

Deadline: Proposals should be submitted before March 15, 2013 to be considered.

Proposals should reflect the conference theme: Waves of Change: Oceans of Opportunity

Additional questions should be address to the USETDA Board: board@usetda.org

Jarrow, Electronic Thesis, and Dissertation Software

Those of you interested in ETD workflow management systems may want to look at this article, in the Code4Lib Journal. Abstract is below:

Collecting and disseminating theses and dissertations electronically is not a new concept. Tools and platforms have emerged to handle various components of the submission and distribution process. However, there is not a tool that handles the entirety of the process from the moment the student begins work on their thesis to the dissemination of the final thesis. The authors have created such a tool which they have called Jarrow. After reviewing available open-source software for theses submission and open-source institutional repository software this paper discusses why and how Jarrow was created and how it works. Jarrow can be downloaded and the project followed at http://code.library.unbc.ca.

by James R.W. MacDonald and Daniel Yule

Save the Date! 2013 TxETDA/USETDA Region 3 Joint Conference

Mark your calendars for the 2013 Texas ETD Association/USETDA Region 3 Joint Conference to be held at Texas A&M University February 28-March 1, 2013.

TxETDA is collaborating with the US ETD Association to offer its first regional conference. USETDA Region 3 includes the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. Non-Region 3 members are also welcome to attend.

The committee is working now to organize a program packed with helpful and practical information to advance the knowledge of ETD professionals, as well as to provide opportunities for networking with graduate school and library colleagues.

The call for presentation and poster proposals will be forthcoming. Start thinking now about information you might share with colleagues in a poster or presentation format.

More details will follow in the coming months!

 

TxETDA Conference Planning Committee

http://txetda.wordpress.com/

Thesis and dissertation filing goes online at University of Washington

University of Washington has moved to ETD submission, using the ProQuest ETD Administrator tool. According to the article,

Gone are the days of paying potentially hefty sums to print and bind hard copies of UW master’s theses or doctoral dissertations. And students no longer have to haul paper versions of their works to Graduate School staff for final submission. The process is now mostly electronic—and free of charge.

See the full article on their Graduate School Blog.

Save the date! USETDA 2013

The US ETD Association has announced its 3rd annual conference to be held July 24-26, 2013, in Claremont, California. The theme for USETDA 2013 is, ”Waves of Change: Oceans of Opportunity”.

USETDA 2013 is for ETD professionals from graduate schools, libraries, academic computing and others who work with ETDs. Our goal is to offer relevant, practice-oriented content to support ETD productivity improvement, ETD professionals, advance ETD operations, and encourage the formation of state-wide ETD associations in the United States.

More information will be forthcoming in future announcements and also made available on the USETDA 2013 Web page.

Mark your calendars; planning is underway for an incredible program!

USETDA 2013 Conference Planning Committee

Pam Anan, Claremont University Consortium Library
Melissa Cardenas-Dow, University of Redlands Library
Frances Chu, Western University of Health Sciences Library
Crystal Goldman, San Jose State University Library
Allegra Gonzalez, Claremont University Consortium Library
John Hagen, Renaissance Scholarly Communications
Laura Hammons, Texas A&M University Graduate School
Chris Jones, Claremont University Consortium Library
Angela McCutcheon, Ohio University Graduate School
Carmen Mitchell, California State University San Marcos Library
Bobby Parker, University of Florida Libraries
Marisa Ramirez, California Polytechnic State University Library
Brena Smith, California Institute of the Arts Library
Stacy Wallace, University of Florida Graduate School
Israel Yanez, University of Northern California Library

Lifecycle Management of ETDs

I’ve attended a number of ETD-related conferences over the past year and have had the privilege of listening to presentations by a group of individuals working on an MLIS grant project on the lifecycle management of ETDs. I’m truly excited about the work this group is doing to investigate and document issues from the creation to the preservation of ETDs. If you are interested in following their work, the see their Wiki, the Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs . I understand, once the project is complete, the outcome will be a series of documents and resources which can be used for workshops and other types of training.

USETDA 2012 Conference Proceedings Now Available

If you were unable to attend USETDA 2012, or are interested in viewing presentation from the conference, then check out the USETDA 2012 Conference Proceedings. USETDA 2013 conference planning is underway, so make sure you to keep your calendar open for Summer 2013 in California.