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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em">The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (<A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.ndltd.org/" target=_blank>NDLTD</A>) consortium is pleased to announce the 2012 ETD Awards program. We invite all NDLTD members to nominate individuals they believe deserve the recognition!</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em">The awards include several categories of appreciation.</P>
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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><STRONG><EM>The Innovative ETD Award</EM></STRONG> recognizes student efforts to transform the genre of the print dissertation through the use of innovative software to create multimedia ETDs.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><STRONG><EM>The Innovative Learning through ETDs Award</EM></STRONG> recognizes a student whose professional life has been enhanced by the ETD process.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><STRONG><EM>The ETD Leadership Award</EM></STRONG> recognizes members of the university community whose leadership and vision have helped raise awareness of the benefits of ETDs and whose efforts have improved graduate education and research through the use of ETDs. </LI></UL>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em">The awards will be presented at the <SPAN><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/" target=_blank><U>ETD 2012 Symposium</U></A></SPAN>, to be held September 12 - 14, 2012 at the Delfines Hotel, Lima, Peru.</P>
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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Nominations will be reviewed by the NDLTD Awards Committee. Current members of the NDLTD Awards Committee are not eligible for nomination.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Winners are encouraged, but not required to attend the ETD Symposium.
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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Travel scholarship funding of up to $500 will be provided to award winners to attend the ETD Symposium. Scholarship funds will be provided on a reimbursement basis only.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">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). </LI></UL>
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><STRONG>Nomination letters should include:</STRONG>
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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">A brief description (1,000 words or less) of background information, details of the merits of the work and justification for nomination.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Additional letters of support from faculty, administrators, students, Library or Graduate School Dean, Provost, and others.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Complete contact information for both the nominator and nominee, including home and/or University postal and email addresses. </LI></UL>
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Examples of previous award winners, links to multimedia ETDs and acceptance speech videos are available online at <A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/etd-awards" target=_blank>http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/etd-awards</A>.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em">Also see the recent <A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); TEXT-DECORATION: none" title="Highlights of NDLTD ETD Award Winners - 2011" href="http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/highlights-of-ndltd-etd-awards-2011-winners" target=_blank>news article</A>.</P></LI></UL>
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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Nominations must be sent by email to ETD Awards Committee Co-chair John Hagen (Renaissance Scholarly Communications) at <SPAN><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="mailto:John.Hagen@Renaissance-Scholar.com" target=_blank>John.Hagen@Renaissance-Scholar.com</A></SPAN>.<BR>
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><STRONG>Deadline for Nominations: April 30, 2012</STRONG></LI></UL>
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<H3 style="FONT-SIZE: 1.1em">Innovative ETD Award</H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em">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.</P>
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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">An ETD can be nominated by an administrator, faculty member, librarian or student. The nominator and the nominee's University should be affiliated with the NDLTD.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Each NDLTD member may submit up to 2 nominees; self-nominations are not included in the institutional count.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">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.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">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.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The ETD must be distributed online as open access.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Preference will be given to ETDs approved for graduation during the 2011 calendar year (January through December 2011), although nominations from previous years will also be considered.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">There may be up to three winners.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Each winner will receive $500 and will be eligible to receive an additional $500 in travel scholarship funding to attend the ETD Symposium.*</LI></UL>
<H3 style="FONT-SIZE: 1.1em">Innovative Learning through ETDs Award</H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em">A student whose professional life has been enhanced by the ETD process (not to include the value of the degree earned) will be recognized.</P>
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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Self-nomination is appropriate for this award.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">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 or changed their graduate experience and their professional life.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The ETD may still be in-process or already completed at the time of nomination.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">There is no time limit on when the ETD may have been completed.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">There may be up to two winners.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Each winner will receive $500 and will be eligible to receive an additional $500 in travel scholarship funding to attend the ETD Symposium.* </LI></UL>
<H3 style="FONT-SIZE: 1.1em">ETD Leadership Award</H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em">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.</P>
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<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Nominations should be submitted by the nominee's supervisor or related University administrator.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The nominee or nominee's institution must be affiliated as an NDLTD member.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">There may be up to two winners.
<LI style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.33em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Each winner will receive international honorary recognition. </LI></UL>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em">*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. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em" align=center><SPAN><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/" target=_blank><U>ETD 2012 Symposium</U></A></SPAN> – <STRONG>"Integrating cultures for the creation and exchange of knowledge - providing opportunities for the future"</STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em" align=left><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" title="Call for Nominations ETD Awards 2012.pdf" href="http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/Call%20for%20Nominations%20ETD%20Awards%202012.pdf" target=_blank><STRONG><IMG alt="Adobe PDF icon" src="cid:IMUOMQJVYEMQ.image_preview" width=17 height=17></STRONG> <EM>Click</EM></A><EM><A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" title="Call for Nominations NDLTD ETD Awards 2012.pdf" href="http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/Call%20for%20Nominations%20ETD%20Awards%202012.pdf" target=_blank> </A>for a printable PDF version of this call for nominations</EM>.</P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0.8em" align=left>NDLTD ETD Awards Committee Co-Chairs: <A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.ndltd.org/about/committees/bod_bios/biography-john-h-hagen" target=_blank>John H. Hagen</A> and <A style="COLOR: rgb(115,140,154); FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.ndltd.org/about/committees/bod_bios/biography-elsabe-olivier" target=_blank>Elsabé Olivier</A>.</P></DIV>
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