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Subject: 	ETD 2010 Conference: Call for Papers extended through March 15th
Date: 	Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:07:46 -0500
From: 	John Hagen <jhagen2 at WVU.EDU>

Dear Colleagues:

The program committee for ETD 2010 has extended the deadline for
submitting proposals for posters, papers, and presentations through
Monday, March 15^th .  Please see the call for papers appended below or
consult the 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.  We will continue to add information to the
web site as the conference takes shape.

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 <mailto:dougbarnett at austin.utexas.edu>  |
www.lib.utexas.edu <http://www.lib.utexas.edu>

*ETD 2010: Collaboration, Innovation, Sustainability*

*Last Call for Papers, Posters, Presentations & Tutorials*

Deadline for Abstract Submission: March 15, 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* <#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* <#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 Proposal
Submission link on the ETD2010 web site
http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010.

When you select the Proposal Submission link you will be taken to a sign
in page.  If you are affiliated with a Texas Digital Library member
institution, use your institutional ID and password to log in. If your
school is not listed, 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* <#dates>* *

Authors will be able to use the portal
<http://conferences.library.pitt.edu/ocs/submit.php?cf=7> to view
abstract approval status and to upload revised versions of the abstract.
Completed, final versions of abstracts for papers are due by *Friday,
March 15, 2010.* Notification of paper/poster acceptances will be
announced to authors on *March 26, 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.

For further information about the submission procedure, please send
email to: etd2010 at austin.utexas.edu <mailto:etd2010 at austin.utexas.edu>.

*Submission Information for Papers* <#submission>* *

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 via the
Proposal Submission link on the ETD2010 web site
http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010._ _

*PowerPoint Presentations* should be submitted by May 26, 2010 via the
via the Proposal Submission link on the ETD2010 web site
http://conferences.tdl.org/utlibraries/etd2010.

*Posters:*/ /Specifications for acceptable poster format and size are
forthcoming. Please check here again for updates.

For additional information about the submission procedure, please send
email to: etd2010 at austin.utexas.edu <mailto:etd2010 at austin.utexas.edu>.

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