Project: The Capture and Storage of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Call for Statement of Interest and Experience

Description

The Coalition for Networked Information, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the Council of Graduate Schools, and University Microfilms International (UMI) seek your assistance in developing a pilot project in which graduate students will write their theses and dissertations in electronic format to be either stored locally or be submitted in electronic format to University Microfilms International for future distribution over networks. The work of this group will be directed toward the selection and testing of common software and standards for the writing of theses and dissertations, and the requirements for their storage and retrieval from an Internet server. Participants will also participate in discussions of issues of access, copyright, and usage fees in the networked information environment.

The intention of this project is to improve the storage of and access to information in theses and dissertations, to acquaint future scholars with publishing electronically, to increase the amount of scholarly information on networks, and to foster development of new products and services which will evolve from electronic theses and dissertations.

Requirements

Institutions and organizations who are interested in this project are encouraged to contact the person identified below (a) to state their interest in the project, and (b) to briefly describe the relevant experience that they have regarding the purposes and outcomes of the project.

The Coalition and its partners in this project are interested in having three representatives from each institution involved with the project: one representing the graduate school, one representing the library, and a third with specific knowledge of text, image, and graphics storage and retrieval and representing institution-wide information technologies.

The Coalition and UMI are prepared, if necessary, to defray some of the travel and other expenses incurred by the institutions and organizations who are selected to participate in this process.

Please submit a Statement of Interest and Experience for your institution or organization to the person identified below on or before July 31, 1993.

Contact

           Paul Evan Peters
           Executive Director
           Coalition for Networked Information
           1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW
           Washington, DC 20036

           Voice:  202-232-2466
           Fax:  202-462-7849
           Internet:  paul@cni.org

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