[Irtalk] Call For Proposals ETD 2013

[Elsabe Olivier]

Proposals for presentations, panel sessions and posters are invited 
for the upcoming U.S Electronic Thesis and Dissertation conference to 
be held in Claremont, California (near Disneyland resort, beaches & 
Hollywood) July 24-26, 2013. 

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

Proposals should reflect the conference theme: Waves of Change: Oceans 
of Opportunity 
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The U.S. Electronic Dissertations and Theses Association welcomes the 
following types of submissions: 

Poster sessions - peer reviewed 
Posters introduce late-breaking results, work in progress, or research 
that is best communicated in an interactive or graphical format. Two 
types of posters are encouraged: contributed research posters 
presenting new and promising work or preliminary results of ongoing 
projects; and contributed “best practices” posters presenting the 
results practical implementations of an organization’s practices or 
innovations. The content of the poster should clearly point out how 
the application contributes to innovation of thought or design within 
the field, and how it addresses key challenges, as well as the 
potential impact on the participant’s organization and/or practices in 
the field. Joint submissions from students, librarians and other 
professionals demonstrating different perspectives on a single issue 
are particularly encouraged. Posters are expected to elicit discussion 
in a personal and less formal setting. Submissions for refereeing 
should be in the form of abstract up to 500 words. 
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Single-session presentations and panels - peer reviewed 
Single session presentations and panels are invited on topics that 
include emerging issues, hot or emerging trends, opinions on 
controversial issues, analyses of tools and techniques, and 
contrasting viewpoints in complementary professional areas. 
For single-session presentations, please submit a proposal of up to 
500 words, providing a summary of the presentation topic and the 
qualifications of the speaker. 

Panels must have a cohesive theme and promote lively interaction 
between panelists and audience members. Please submit a panel proposal 
up to 500 words, providing an overview of the issues to be discussed 
by the panel and brief bios of each of the panelists. Proposals should 
only list panelists who have agreed to participate and shall indicate 
the qualifications and contribution that each panelist will offer. 
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Presentation, panel and poster session topics are encouraged to address:

* Change management, transitions and transformations 
* Services and outreach to enhance ETD development 
* Supporting ETDs with Library services and information instruction 
* Business Realities and Organizational Challenges 
* ETDs and Ethics, Security & Quality 
* Centralized and Decentralized submission processes 
* Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patents and Tech Transfer 
* Developing and implementing ETD Policies and Procedures 
* Developing campus support and leadership 
* Collaborative Opportunities, Community-Building and Campus
Partnerships 
* Global ETD Issues 
* Software and Technology 
* ETD Innovation and Exploration 
* Failures and Successes 
* File-types and Formatting, including use of non-traditional mediums 
* Publishing, Research and management of datasets 
* Nuts and bolts of ETD management including case studies of workflow 
and ingest models 
* Retroactive digitization and ETD migration/harvesting 
* Undergraduate and other student scholarship 

Submission Site 
Once you have prepared your proposal according to the above 
instructions, please use the electronic submission system to submit 
your item for review. Go to 
https://conferences.tdl.org/USETDA/USETDA2013/index , click on the 
"Proposal Submission" link in the right-hand sidebar and follow the 
prompts. 

For
 additional information, please visit the USETDA website: 
http://www.usetda.org/?page_id=1591 

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

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Marisa Ramirez 
Digital Scholarship Services Librarian 
Robert E. Kennedy Library, Rm 104A 
California Polytechnic State University 
Voice: 805.756.7040 
mramir14 at calpoly.edu 
http://lib.calpoly.edu/scholarship/

Elsabe Olivier 
Open Scholarship Manager
Department Library Services
University of Pretoria
PRETORIA
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South Africa
 
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