<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="text-align:center"><b>27th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2024)</b></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">*Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Visibility at a Global Scale*</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">October 30th–November 1st 2024 in Livingstone, Zambia</div><br>ETD 2024 is hosted by the University of Zambia, the Higher Education Authority of Zambia and the Zambia Research and Education Network together with the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD).<br><br></div><div>Under the theme "Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Visibility at a Global Scale" the symposium will explore Global Visibility of ETDs; National and Global ETD Initiatives; ETDs and Open Science; ETDs and e-Infrastructures; ETDs and Research Data; Application of Large Language Models on ETDs and General Issues Related to ETDs.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The Call for Papers is now open. Topics of interest for ETD 2024, as they relate to ETDs, include, but are not limited to:<br></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Application of Large Language Models to ETDs</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Automatic Analysis of ETDs</li><li style="margin-left:15px">ETD Implementation Use Cases</li><li style="margin-left:15px">ETD Policies and Practices</li><li style="margin-left:15px">ETDs and e-Infrastructures</li><li style="margin-left:15px">ETDs and Long-term Preservation</li><li style="margin-left:15px">ETDs and Open Access</li><li style="margin-left:15px">ETDs and Open Science</li><li style="margin-left:15px">ETDs and Persistent Identifiers</li><li style="margin-left:15px">ETDs and Research Data</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Global Visibility of ETDs</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Graduate Education and Training</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Institutional Repository Platforms</li><li style="margin-left:15px">National and Global ETD Initiatives</li></ul><b>The due date to submit abstracts is April 26.</b><br><br>For more information check: <a href="https://etd2024.unza.zm/" target="_blank">https://etd2024.unza.zm</a>.<br><br>Please share this info with your networks!<br><br>Best,</div><div><img src="cid:ii_ltzvi59r0" alt="img-etd24-artwork-cfp_flyer-v2.1.png" width="383" height="542"><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#666666" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Gabriela Mejias</b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community & Program Manager| DataCite</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.3333px;font-weight:400"><i>she/her/hers | <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/germany/berlin" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Central European Time</a></i></span><font face="Arial" style="font-size:10pt"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.08px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><i><br></i></font></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">E</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:gabi.mejias@datacite.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">gabi.mejias@datacite.org</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">|</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space: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