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Call for Proposals for Papers, Tutorials, and Posters
Deadline for proposals extended to: Feb 2, 2004

The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) invites you to participate in the “Seventh International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations” hosted by the University of Kentucky. ETD 2004 provides a forum to share the latest developments in authoring, archiving, sharing, preserving, indexing, and accessing electronic theses and dissertations and the digital libraries that support them.

Special emphases of ETD 2004 are:

At ETD 2004 stakeholders in the graduate education process can attend a “track” of sessions that addresses the issues that are relevant to their interests. Stakeholders include graduate program administrators, academic librarians, faculty, computer systems specialists, students, and publishers.

We encourage everyone in the ETD community to use this opportunity to network and to share their experiences. Attendees may participate by presenting a paper or poster or by conducting a tutorial.

1. PAPER PROPOSAL: We invite you to submit proposals for any of the topics listed below. Each proposal must include a title, the names of authors/presenters along with their affiliations and contact details, and a 200-500 word abstract. Team proposals are especially welcome. Some suggested topics are listed below however suggestions and ideas for presentations on other topics are welcome!

• Administrators and ETDs: the challenges and the rewards for the university and the university community
• Shaping the future of scholarship: The university’s role in scholarly electronic communication
• Partners in the process: Building collaborations between universities
• Training and supporting scholarly electronic document authors
• Digital library issues and challenges for university libraries
• The Global ETD Digital Library
• Unique issues about ETDs for different disciplines
• Long-term preservation of ETDs
• Intellectual property rights, digital rights management, and fair use entitlements
• Standards and best practices for ETD initiatives
• The publishers’ perspective
• Student experiences
• ETD and open access
• ETD as a test bed and catalyst for scholarly electronic publishing
• Multimedia issues for the presentation of scholarly material

2. POSTER PROPOSAL: A special feature at the conference is a POSTER SESSION featuring reports from ETD programs around the world. Share a report about your university’s ETD program with the rest of the ETD community. This session will be held in conjunction with a reception, and will be highly interactive. Traditional posters are welcome, and electronic posters are encouraged. An electronic poster could be a website or onsite computer-based presentation that shares statistics, and features other project highlights. Proposals for both electronic and traditional posters must include a title, complete list of authors along with their affiliations and contact details, and a 200-500 word abstract.

3. TUTORIAL PROPOSAL: ETD 2004 has a special emphasis on providing attendees with the tools and skills that will facilitate a successful ETD program, and advance those programs that are already flourishing. To accomplish this we are looking for tutorials that will help the ETD community. Tutorials will be scheduled during the main conference and should be designed to be conducted in two hour blocks. Proposals for tutorials must include a title, names of presenters along with their affiliations and contact details, a brief 200-500 word motivation and an outline of the tutorial. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ARE ENCOURAGED

The NDLTD is a non-profit organization that supports ETD initiatives at universities around the world. These initiatives address ETD authoring, indexing, archiving, dissemination, and retrieval. Further information about the NDLTD can be found at http://www.ndltd.org/.