About the Conference. The Seventh International Conference on Electronic Theses and Dissertations is organized by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD). The NDLTD initiative is an open federation of 172 member universities and supporting organizations, including research institutions and private companies. NDLTD activities focus on universities, libraries, faculties and graduate students in order to support authoring, indexing, archiving, retrieving and dissemination of electronic theses and dissertations worldwide. NDLTD's goal is to improve graduate education by encouraging students to produce electronic documents, use digital libraries, and understand publishing issues.

The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations is pleased to announce the debut of an awards program to acknowledge the creative and administrative efforts of those in the ETD community. This program has been established with financial support from Adobe Systems. Anyone-- faculty, students, administrators and librarians -- affiliated with an NDLTD member -- is eligible for consideration!

About Lexington. Lexington is the center of the internationally famous Bluegrass area of Kentucky. Lexington's central location puts the city about a day's drive to 75% of the population of the US. Accessible by air with approximately 100 direct and nonstop flights from major airports around the world. Hotel rates from $89 (USD)! Inexpensive campus housing is also available.

About the Host Institution. The University of Kentucky is a comprehensive, public, land grant university dedicated to preparing students for an increasingly diverse and technological world, and to improving the lives of people in the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world through teaching, research, and service. The University of Kentucky offers advanced study in 90 program areas. Doctoral degrees are awarded in 56 fields and master's degrees in 94 fields. Virtual tours are available for several campus locations, including William T. Young Library (tour #4), site of the Friday night reception during the conference.

For more information contact:

Suzie Allard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences
University of Tennessee
sallard@utk.edu

Beth Kraemer, MLS
Electronic Resources, William T Young Library
University of Kentucky
kraemer@email.uky.edu

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Plan to attend ETD 2005

September 27-30, 2005

University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

For more information: Future ETD conferences and how to submit a bid for your institution to host this symposium.

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