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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 11px">On behalf of The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) and the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), we have the pleasure of announcing the 15th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2012), to be held for the first time in an Ibero American country. The ETD 2012 Conference will be hosted in Lima, Peru at The Delfines Hotel from September 12 to 14, 2012.<STRONG></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 11px">The theme of ETD 2012 is “Integrating cultures for the creation and sharing of knowledge – providing opportunities for the future”. Our goal is to explore and share opportunities between representatives from Ibero American and other countries around the world, in order to exchange experiences and knowledge on scholarly communications projects related to the topics considered in the ETD 2012 program.</P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 11px">The program will include technical papers, plenary keynote and panel sessions, workshops and poster presentations about the following topics:</P>
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<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Digital preservation
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Copyright / Intellectual property
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Institutional Repositories
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">ETD policies and programs
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Technological developments in ETD and institutional repositories
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Digital libraries and information technology
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">National and international collaboration
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">ETD Multimedia
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Data Curation
<LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Interoperability and union catalog collections </LI></UL>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 11px">If you are interested in presenting a paper, power point presentation, or contributing a panel or poster session, please visit the proposal submission Web site at<SPAN class=link-external><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/en/presentacion-trabajos/index.asp">http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/en/presentacion-trabajos/index.asp</A></SPAN><A name=_GoBack></A></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 11px">The preliminary program as well as speakers and other relevant information are available at the conference Web site <SPAN class=link-external><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/">www.etd2012.edu.pe</A></SPAN>. We hope you will consider participating in this important international digital library venue and you will join us for an engaging experience at ETD 2012 as well as the incredible “once in a lifetime” experiences that Peruvian culture has to offer. Machu Picchu, Lima and many other sights are waiting for you, and so are we! For more information please send your requests to</P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 11px">Liliana Eléspuru (<SPAN class=link-mailto><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="mailto:etd2012@gmail.com">etd2012@gmail.com</A></SPAN>)<BR>Libio Huaroto (<SPAN class=link-mailto><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="mailto:etd2012@gmail.com">etd2012@gmail.com</A></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink>)</SPAN></P>
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