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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> etd-l Discussion List [ETD-L@listserv.vt.edu] On Behalf Of John Hagen [John.Hagen@MAIL.WVU.EDU]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06 January 2010 10:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ETD-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NDLTD ETD Awards - Call for Nominations<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><img alt="" hspace="0" src="cid:GVIPEMDJAKJQ.logo.gif" align="top" border="0"> <font size="3"><a href="http://www.ndltd.org/community/awards/call-for-nominations-ndltd-etd-awards-2010" target="_blank">2010
ETD Awards </a></font></span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.ndltd.org/community/awards/call-for-nominations-ndltd-etd-awards-2010" target="_blank">- Call for Nominations</a></font></span></b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (</span><a href="http://www.ndltd.org/" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font color="#800080">NDLTD</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">)
consortium is pleased to announce the 2010 ETD Awards program. We invite all NDLTD members to nominate individuals they feel deserve the recognition!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The awards include several categories of appreciation.</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>The Innovative ETD Award</strong></span></i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> recognizes student efforts to transform the genre of the print dissertation through the use
of innovative software to create multimedia ETDs. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>The Innovative Learning through ETDs Award</strong></span></i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> a student whose professional life has been enhanced by the ETD process.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>The ETD Leadership Award</strong></span></i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> recognizes members of the university community whose leadership and vision has helped raise
awareness of the benefits of ETDs and whose efforts have improved graduate education and research through the use of ETDs.</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The awards will be presented at the ETD 2010 Symposium, to be held June 16 - 19, 2010 at the University of Texas, in Austin, Texas, USA.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>Eligibility, Nomination Procedures and Evaluation Criteria</strong></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nominations will be reviewed by a panel of ETD experts, including members of the NDLTD Board of Directors Awards Committee. Active members of the NDLTD Awards Committee are not
eligible for nomination.</span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Winners are encouraged but not required to attend the ETD Symposium. We request that winners who cannot attend the Symposium record a video acceptance message (approximately 2 -
3 minutes) that can be presented at the Symposium Awards ceremony and distributed online, or provide an acceptance message in writing (500 words or less).
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nomination letters should include:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A brief description (1,000 words or less) of background information, detail of the merits of the work and justification for nomination.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Additional letters of support (i.e. from faculty, administration, students, Library or Graduate School Dean, Provost, etc.).
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Complete contact information for both the nominator and nominee, including home and/or University postal and email addresses.</span></li></ul>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Examples of previous award winners, links to multimedia ETDs and acceptance speech videos are available at
</span><a href="http://www.ndltd.org/community/awards/etd-awards" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font color="#800080">http://www.ndltd.org/community/awards/etd-awards</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">.</span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nominations must be sent by email to ETD Awards Committee Co-chair John Hagen (West Virginia University) at
</span><a href="mailto:John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font color="#800080">John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">.<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><strong><font size="3">Deadline for Nominations: February 15, 2010</font></strong></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong> </strong></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>Specific Awards Category Information and Requirements</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>Innovative ETD Award</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">ETDs submitted for this award must represent student efforts to transform the genre of the print dissertation through the use of ETDs. This award recognizes innovative use of software
to create "cutting edge" ETDs. The application and integration of renderings, photos, data sets, software code and other multimedia objects that are included in the document will be considered as part of the innovation of the work.</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">An ETD can be nominated by an administrator, faculty member, librarian or student (self-nomination). The nominator and the nominee's University should be affiliated with the NDLTD.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Each NDLTD member may submit up to 2 nominees; self-nominations are not included in the institutional count.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The nomination for these awards should include links to the archived work, along with a brief statement about how the work uses technology to enhance the presentation of research.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">ETD nominations may be in PDF and/or open (non-PDF) formats. Submissions of PDF formats should include hyper-linking and/or the source URL to any included supplementary multimedia
material. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The ETD must be distributed online as open access.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The ETD should have been approved for graduation during the 2009 calendar year (January through December 2009), although we will consider nominations from previous years as well.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There may be up to two winners.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Each winner will receive $1,000.*</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>Innovative Learning through ETDs Award</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A student whose professional life has been enhanced by the ETD process (not to include the value of the degree earned) will be recognized.</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Self-nomination is appropriate for this award.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The nomination for this award should include a short essay (1,000 words or less) describing the student's ETD experience and how it improved/changed their graduate experience and
their professional life. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The ETD may still be in-process or already completed at the time of nomination.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There is no time limit on when the ETD may have been completed.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There may be up to two winners.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Each winner will receive $1,000.*</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>ETD Leadership Award</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">This is open to individuals whose leadership and vision has helped raise awareness of the benefits of ETDs and whose efforts have improved graduate education through the use of ETDs.
Letters of nomination should include details about the individual's ETD related activities and how the nominee's leadership has made significant advances in the area of ETDs at the local, regional, national or international levels.</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Nominations should be submitted by the nominee's supervisor or related University administrator.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The nominee's institution must be affiliated as an NDLTD member university.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There may be up to two winners.
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Each winner will receive international honorary recognition.</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*I.R.S regulations require the NDLTD to report all award amounts distributed; citizens of the United States must provide a valid Social Security number to receive award distributions.
Winners must agree to the conditions set forth in the eligibility requirements listed here and NDLTD policy. Winners must also agree to make acceptance / acknowledgments materials available to the NDLTD for the purpose of international promotions.
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><strong>ETD 2010 Symposium - "Collaboration, Innovation & Sustainability"</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><font size="3"><strong>The call for nominations is also available online at
</strong></font><a href="http://www.ndltd.org/community/awards/call-for-nominations-ndltd-etd-awards-2010" target="_blank"><font size="3"><strong>http://www.ndltd.org/community/awards/call-for-nominations-ndltd-etd-awards-2010</strong></font></a></p>
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John H. Hagen<br>
Manager, WVU Institutional Repository Program / Coordinator, Electronic Thesis & Dissertation Program</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Board Member, NDLTD</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Co-Chair, NDLTD ETD Awards Committee<br>
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES<br>
Acquisitions Department<br>
Wise Library, Room 2510<br>
P.O. Box 6069 / 1549 University Ave.<br>
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069<br>
(304) 293-5267<br>
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><a href="http://www.wvu.edu/~thesis/" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><font color="#800080">http://www.wvu.edu/~thesis/</font></span></a></span></p>
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