Edward Fox
Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Joan K. Lippincott
Associate Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
Eva Muller
Director, Electronic Publishing Centre
Uppsala University
Susan Copeland
Senior Librarian
Robert Gordon University
Universities are increasingly understanding the value of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) as institutional assets and they are working to encourage submission of ETDs and development of access and storage mechanisms that encourage their broad availability. In this session, four board members of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) initiative, will provide an update on trends and projects related to ETDs. These will include incorporating ETDs into institutional repositories, availability of new ETD tutorials, a consortial project in the UK that is developing a national infrastructure for e-theses, and national theses portals in the Scandinavian countries.
http://www.ndltd.org
http://uppsok.libris.kb.se/sru/uppsok
http://www.diva-portal.org/index.xsql?lang=en
PowerPoint Presentations:
The Global Reach of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (Fox)
Electronic Theses: Developments in the UK (Copeland)
Current state of activities and trends in the ETD’s development in Scandinavia (Muller)