Category:ETD Programs

From Digital Innovations @ Emory Libraries

Electronic Thesis and Disseration (ETD) services of various kinds have now been in operation at universities for more than a decade, a very long period in comparison with the range of digital services now offered in research institutions. As a relatively mature concept in academic information technology services, ETD depositories are frequently one of the core components of the umbrella notion of the institutional repository (IR) that has emerged in the early twenty-first century. The embedded relationships of campus ETD programs and institutional repositories are still solidifying, and are worth careful analysis.

Selected Links:

• UNESCO Guide to ETD Programs A resource for graduate students who are writing theses or dissertations, for graduate faculty who want to mentor ETD authors, for graduate deans who want to initiate ETD programs, and for IT administrators at universities. The Guide is designed specifically for academic researchers and their mentors, yet anyone interested in research and e-publishing will enjoy this resource.
• The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. This website contains information about the initiative, how to set up Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) programmes, how to create and locate ETDs, and current research in digital libraries related to NDLTD and ETDs.