CNI: Coalition for Networked Information

  • About CNI
    • Membership
    • CNI Collaborations
    • Staff
    • Steering Committee
    • CNI Awards
    • History
    • CNI News
  • Program Plan
    • Current Program Plan
    • Program Plan Archive
  • Topics
  • Events & Projects
    • Membership Meetings
    • Workshops & Projects
    • Other Events
    • Event Calendar
  • Resources
    • Publications by CNI Staff
    • Program Plan
    • Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series
    • Videos & Podcasts
    • Follow CNI
    • Historical Resources
  • Contact Us

Developments in Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Home / Project Briefing Pages / CNI Fall 2013 Project Briefings / Developments in Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

November 26, 2013

Progress Toward Providing the ETDs of Today for the Researchers of Tomorrow (Halbert, McMillan, Schultz):

This presentation will report findings from the first comprehensive survey of electronic theses and dissertation (ETD) practices undertaken by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), present best practices in ETD lifecycle management as documented by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded project, and then present a dean’s perspective on continuing to grow an ETD program over time. It will also include the results of the 2013 Comprehensive Study of National ETD Practices, as well as a report on the IMLS-funded Lifecycle Management of ETDs project deliverables, including guidance documents for the lifecycle management of ETDs and the associated ETD Lifecycle Curation Workshop. Strategies for growing an ETD program on the campus level will be discussed.

Presentation (McMillan)

Comparative Metrics for Dissertations: A New Frontier (McLean):

ProQuest is developing a tool based on data extracted from its dissertation database that will shed light on productivity and usage of dissertations. The tool will answer questions such as:
– How does our department’s dissertation usage and productivity compare to our peer universities?
– Which universities across the globe are most heavily using the dissertations created at our university?
– Are faculty advising a greater or fewer number of students compared to our peer universities?

What will be the ramifications of universities having access to these types of metrics? Which additional metrics are of interest to the community? This presentation will explore these questions and others.

Presentation (McLean)

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: CNI Fall 2013 Project Briefings, Digital Libraries, Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs), Project Briefing Pages, Repositories, Scholarly Communication
Tagged With: cni2013fall, Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions

Last updated:  Thursday, July 28th, 2022

 

Contact Us

21 Dupont Circle
Suite 800
Washington, DC, 20036
202.296.5098

Contact us
Copyright © 2023 CNI

  • Copyright Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site map

Keeping up with CNI

CNI-ANNOUNCE is a low-volume electronic forum used for information about the activities and programs of CNI, and events and documents of interest to the CNI community.
Sign up

Follow CNI

  • View cni.org’s profile on Facebook
  • View cni_org’s profile on Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Vimeo

A joint project