[Irtalk] FW: ETD 2010 Web Site and First Call for Papers

Sat Jan 23 09:37:40 SAST 2010

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From: etd-l Discussion List [ETD-L at listserv.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Barnett, Douglas E [dougbarnett at AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU]
Sent: 22 January 2010 11:32 PM
To: ETD-L at LISTSERV.VT.EDU
Subject: ETD 2010 Web Site and First Call for Papers

Dear NDLTD Members:

We are pleased to announce availability of the ETD 2010 Conference web site at https://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010.  This year’s conference will be hosted in Austin, Texas by the University of Texas Libraries and the Texas Digital Library.  Initial information about the conference, including the call for papers, is now available through the conference web site.  Text of the Call for Papers is appended below and is attached to this email as a PDF document.  Additional information will be added to the web site in the next few weeks.

We look forward to hosting this international event and hope to see many of you in Austin this June!

Most sincerely,

Doug Barnett
Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice Provost
University of Texas Libraries
Phone: 512-495-4388  |  Fax: 512-495-4347
dougbarnett at austin.utexas.edu  |  www.lib.utexas.edu<http://www.lib.utexas.edu>

ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability
Call for Papers, Posters, Presentations and Tutorials
Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 5, 2010
Themes: Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability, Latin America
ETD 2010 Call for Papers, Posters, Presentations and Tutorials
On behalf of The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)<http://www.ndltd.org/>, and the University of Texas Libraries,<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/> we would like to invite you to submit a paper, poster or presentation for "ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability" - the 13th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations to be held June 16 – 18, 2010 at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, U.S.A.  ETD 2010 will explore the issues of collaboration, innovation, and sustainability in promoting ETDs, Institutional repositories and Open Access in the realm of scholarly communications.
The NDLTD initiative consists of hundreds of contributing member universities, libraries, information organizations, consortia and individuals. Membership details are available on the NDLTD website and dues-paying members are offered a discount on the conference registration fee. The NDLTD's activities are focused on those who produce, manage, store and use electronic theses and dissertations in order to support the authoring, indexing, archiving, dissemination and retrieval of ETDs worldwide. Conference attendees typically include librarians, graduate school administrators, information technology professionals and graduate faculty, staff and students.
"ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, and Sustainability" is organized by the NDLTD, The University of Libraries, and the Texas Digital Library, with generous sponsorship provided by non-profit interest groups and corporations that produce hardware, software, and knowledge management solutions for digital archives and repositories.
The purpose of "ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, and Sustainability" will not only be to present research outcomes and demonstrate new developments and initiatives in the field of electronic theses and dissertations, but also to encourage even more universities around the world to become a part of the NDLTD and to promote free, open and long-term access to online scholarship. For institutions and individuals that are at the early stages of investigating how to operate and promote an ETD project or program, the conference will also offer a range of learning and networking opportunities within an international collegial atmosphere of a premier university for graduate professional education.

THEMES
Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability, Latin America
You are invited to submit proposals that address any of the following themes:
COLLABORATIONS
Projects in ETD and IR Collections. Topics may include the following areas:
Consortium Projects in Open Access
Institutional Repositories and University Communities
Lessons Learned from recent campus deployments of ETDs:  Case Studies
Lessons Learned from established ETD programs:  Case Studies
National and International collaborations
Use of Social Media for Self-Promotion
INNOVATION
ETDs, IRs.  Topics may include the following areas:
Preservation strategies/methods/workflows for ETDs
Supplementary and supporting content
Deploying new/emerging technologies in support of ETDs
E-Science and the next generation of ETDs
Standards
Special Projects
Tutorials for ETD submission/processing
Cloud Computing and other Novel Approaches to Discovery
Repository Services
Commercial and Open Source Demonstrations
SUSTAINABILITY
ETD / IR System Providers and Users. Topics may include the following areas:
Managing ETDs for the long term:  Case Studies
Experiences with Systems: Case Studies
Issues and Solutions
Submission Workflows
Migration Workflows
LATIN AMERICA
ETD 2010 will feature a special focus on creating connections with Latin American institutions and ETD participants.  Attendance and participation by individuals representing Latin American institutions is especially encouraged, and participants are invited to submit proposals on any aspect of ETDs and their practice or potential in Latin America.
Abstract Proposal Requirements
If you are interested in giving a paper or presentation, running a tutorial within a workshop, or contributing a poster, please read the following criteria:
Submit a 200-300 word, structured abstract online via the ETD2010 Paper and Poster Submission site (URL forthcoming).
Create your own account, and submit both abstracts and final paper submissions through this portal. Structured abstracts should be 200 - 300 words in length in a standard word processing format using a research abstract style that includes:
Format: paper, poster or tutorial
Title: of paper, poster, tutorial
Authors: including institutional or corporate identity
Length of presentation: 20 minutes or (for multiple presenters only) 1 hour
Objective: the purpose of the project or development activity being described
Methods: the way in which the project or development activity was undertaken
Results: the key results of the project or development activity (successes and / or lessons learned)
Conclusions: future plans, recommendations, etc.
Papers, presentations, tutorials and posters will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
Relevance to the conference themes
Significance of the content
The extent to which the project/development activity is up to date/novel
The extent to which the project/development activity could be transferable to other situations
Dates and Procedures
Authors will be able to use an online portal<http://conferences.library.pitt.edu/ocs/submit.php?cf=7> to view abstract approval status and to upload revised versions of the abstract. Details on this portal will be announced in a subsequent communication; please check here again for more information. Completed, final versions of abstracts for papers are due by Friday, March 5, 2010. Notification of paper/poster acceptances will be announced to authors on March 22, 2010. Final versions of research papers for conference proceedings must be deposited in the ETD2010 paper repository by May 26, 2010. Print poster presenters must also deposit a PDF version of the final poster or e-presentation by May 26, 2010 or bring the poster with them to the conference. Electronic poster presenters may submit a multimedia version of their "poster", approximately two minutes in length, with narrative.
Each of the parallel sessions of the conference will contain a number of one-hour slots. In order to allow as broad a range of presentations as possible, individual speakers should aim to talk for 15-20 minutes (including questions). Multifaceted presentations involving a number of speakers may be submitted in the form of a one-hour session. Abstracts should be submitted via the ETD2010 paper repository.
Further information about the submission procedure will be available on the ETD 2010 web site<https://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010>.
Submission Information for Papers
The template for papers may be downloaded from the ETD 2010 web site<https://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010>:
Papers should be submitted by May 26, 2010 online via the ETD2010 Paper and Poster Submission site (URL forthcoming).
PowerPoint Presentations should be submitted by May 26, 2010 via the ETD2010 Paper and Poster Submission site (URL forthcoming).
Posters: Specifications for acceptable poster format and size are forthcoming. Please check here again for updates.
Further information about the submission procedure will be available on the ETD 2010 web site<https://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010>.

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