Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs)
Theses and dissertations are now created exclusively in the digital environment, and they may be the most important digital content produced by students in their educational careers. The experience of becoming an online author can create opportunities for exploration of innovative technologies, discussion of standards and metadata, conversations about digital preservation, and understanding of intellectual property issues. In addition, ETDs have often been the first collection of critical mass in an institution’s institutional repository program.
CNI works with the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) and Proquest to facilitate the move to ETD programs within institutions.
Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff
“ETDs and Graduate Education: Programs and Prospects” (June '10)Authors: Clifford A. Lynch and Joan K. Lippincott
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“Institutional Strategies and Policies for ETDs” (June '06)
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Two Models for Supporting Open Initiatives (November '25)
Nicky Agate, Carnegie Mellon University
Amber Budden, University of California, Santa Barbara
Tim Dennis, University of California, Los Angeles
Peter Brantley, University of California, Davis
Preserving Preprints for the Long Term: Scope and Challenges (Lightning Round) (November '24)
Thib Guicherd-Callin, Stanford University
Workshop Report Out: National Infrastructure for Public Access Usage and Impact Reporting (March '23)
Christina Drummond, University of North Texas
Charles Watkinson, University of Michigan
Niels Stern, OAPEN & Directory of Open Access Books
Towards Aiding Research by Improving Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations from Multiple Domains (December '21)
Jian Wu, Old Dominion University
Edward Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Mining ETDs for Trends in Graduate Research (December '20)
William Ingram, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Recent Videos
Representing Researchers in the Library Linked Data Environment: A Case Study of ORCID Users at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (August '25)Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts, The University of Tennessee View more information
The Accuracy-Bias Trade-Offs in Artificial Intelligence Text Detection Tools and Their Impact on Fairness in Scholarly Publication (May '25)
Ahmad Pratama, Stony Brook University View more information
Reflections on Building Community Infrastructure for a Shared Repository Service (May '25)
Gabriela Mircea, University of Calgary; Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
Julia Gilmore, Scholars Portal View more information
Re-Envisioning the Digital Repository: Showcasing Our Exciting Islandora Solution (January '25)
Chulin Meng, Lehigh University
Joe Corall, Lehigh University View more information
Workshop Report Out: National Infrastructure for Public Access Usage and Impact Reporting (March '23)
Christina Drummond, University of North Texas
Charles Watkinson, University of Michigan
Niels Stern, OAPEN & Directory of Open Access Books View more information
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