ETD2009: Bridging the knowledge divide

ETD2009 Conference Summary, Proceedings and Video Available Online

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An illustrated version of the ETD2009 Conference Summary is available at http://conferences.library.pitt.edu/ocs/viewappendix.php?id=769&ap=6&cf=7
The ETD2009 Conference Proceedings are available at http://conferences.library.pitt.edu/ocs/papers.php?first_letter=all&cf=7
The ETD2009 Conference videos of plenary sessions are available at
http://mediasite.lib.wvu.edu/Mediasite1/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=96f33cf9-9446-4294-bac3-154b1591591b

ETD2009 Closing Comments

2009-06-16T08:03:00.000-07:00

ETD2009 co-chairs John Hagen and Rush Miller relax aboard the Gateway Clipper river boat dinner cruise, Friday, June 12th after a job well done!

"We would like to thank everyone who participated and helped to make this conference such a tremendous success. Participants from 23 nations helped to make this a truly global outreach event. Kudos to the staff of the University of Pittsburgh Library System, the West Virginia University Libraries, the NDLTD Board of Directors, sponsors and volunteers. We are proud to be advancing the future of scholarly communications, ETDs and open access. Together we are bridging the knowledge divide!"

- John Hagen and Rush Miller
Co-chairs, ETD2009 Conference

ETD2009 Conference Pix, Video, Comments & Tweets

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ETD2009 Conference Pix, Video, Comments & Tweets
Check the sites below to view/download and/or upload your own pictures, videos, comments and tweets

Facebook NDLTD group site: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1357320300#/group.php?gid=19957635157

Flickr NDLTD group site:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ndltd/

ETD2009 Blog:
http://etd2009.blogspot.com/

ETD2009 Twitter site:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23etd09
Send Tweets to #etd09

ETD2009 Conference Site
http://www.library.pitt.edu/etd2009/

ETD2009: Closing Session

2009-06-14T18:53:00.000-07:00

We heard about ETD2010 at the U. of Texas Austin and ETD2011 in South Africa. Tis the season to seek proposals for ETD2012, if you want to bring the international symposium to a campus near you!

Breakout Session 3C: Open Access- Continental Style

2009-06-14T16:23:00.000-07:00

Moderator: John Hagen, WVU Libraries

Felix Ubogu (pictured, right), Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
ETD and Open Access Developments in South Africa and the SADC region

Henry Panganani Zulu, Mass Media Department, Northeast Normal University.
Digitalization of Masters Theses and PhD Dissertations at the Special Collectins of the University of Zambia Library: A study of the benefits of participating into the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.

Swarna Bandara, Head, Medical Library Open Access: Latin-American Caribbean Style

Libio Huaroto, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Liliana Elespuru(pictured, left), Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
Cyberthesis style page application for producing digital theses in two Peruvian universities

Breakout Session 3B: Collaborations and Regional Approaches

2009-06-14T16:08:00.000-07:00

Moderator: Susan Copeland, Robert Gordon University

Martin Moyle, UCL Library Services, UCL (University College London)

The DART-Europe E-theses Portal: helping the discovery of Europe's open access research theses

Getaneh Agegn Alemu, Tallinn University

The Role of Open Access in Fostering Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration in Ethiopia: a case study

Tukaram Kumbar(pictured), DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, INDIA

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Initiatives in India: Identification of Some Indicators of Success

Friday a.m.: Breakout Session 3A: Global Outreach

2009-06-14T15:50:00.000-07:00

Moderator: Edward Fox, NDLTD Director, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech

David Mendez, Director, UMI Dissertation Publishing

Graduate Student's Need Assessment and Impact on ETD Programs: Results from a Large-Scale Study

Michael Witt, Purdue University Libraries; Vijendra Purohit(pictured), Department of Computer Science, Purdue University

Using SRU to Create Dissertation Mashups

Denise Bedford, Kent State, World Bank

Discovering Invisible Colleges and Knowledge Maps in Dissertations and Theses

Friday: Global Outreach Plenary Panel

2009-06-12T14:10:00.000-07:00

Bridging the Knowledge Divide - Expanding Global Open Access

Moderator: Frances O'Brien, Dean, WVU Libraries

Marc Goovaerts, Hasselt University LibraryOceanDocs and Open Science Directory: two facets of the information policy of UNESCO/IOC-IODE

Michelle Rago, Library of Congress, World Digital Library (pictured)
World Digital Library

Jason Phillips, JSTOR
Developing Nations Access Initiative

African Century for ETD Movement

2009-06-12T14:03:00.000-07:00

Now that we look forward to ETD2011 in South Africa, we also look forward to the ETD leaders that have either emerged or will emerge in the African Century Cooperation, friendship, and commitment will be one of the crucial ingredients.

Friday Morning Kickoff: Steve O'Connor Plenary

2009-06-12T07:59:00.001-07:00

Steve O'Connor from Hong Kong Polytechnic University was featured as the ETD2009 Global Outreach Featured Speaker, sharing many impressions of the state of open access and institutional growth in China.

Beyond the Great Wall: experience with ETD’s and Open Access in China and South East Asia

Thursday PM: Dinner Banquet at Carnegie Music Hall

2009-06-12T07:48:00.000-07:00

The NDLTD Band, featuring John Hagen and Friends

Shirley Stewart Burns accepting her Award and singing "Leave those mountains down!"

John Hagen accepting his ETD Leadership Award

ETD delegates take to the floor...

Thursday- Posters / Technology Fair Exhibits

2009-06-12T06:46:00.000-07:00

Anne Marie Taber, UNCG LibrariesMary Early, UNCG Graduate SchoolCurrent ETD practices and workflows in North Carolina

Plato Smith, Florida State UniverstiyETDs, IRs, Collaborations, and Access at Florida State University

Jan Mach, library, University of Economics in PragueIva Horová, library, Academy of Performing Arts in PragueNational repositories of ETDs and Grey Literature in Czech Republic

Pateka Matshaya, University of the Western Cape , South AfricaThe ETD Journey : Benefits, workflow , navigation options and alignment to institutional repositories .

Thursday: New Trends Plenary Panel

2009-06-12T06:39:00.000-07:00

Moderator: Vinod Chachra, VTLS

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database User Survey: The first large-scale survey of dissertation information seeking behavior
Amanda Ross, ProQuest LLC

Students as Advocates
Julia Blixrud (pictured), Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)

The Semantic Electronic Scientific Thesis
Peter Murray-Rust, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry,University of Cambridge, UK

Send your conference pictures and video to us

2009-06-12T06:17:00.000-07:00

We are preparing a slide show of photographs and video that document the ETD2009 Conference. We are asking that anyone who has taken pictures or video of conference activities to send them by email to John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu. We will run the slide show for the closing session at the end of today (Friday, June 12th). Thanks to everyone for helping to make this a successful event!

- John Hagen
ETD2009 Conference Co-Chair

Thursday- Platforms/Demos Plenary Panel

2009-06-12T06:00:00.000-07:00

Moderator: Peter Schirmbacher, Humboldt University

OpenThesis.org: A Universal ETD Database with Search, Organization, Collaboration & Print Capabilities
James Ryley, Founder & President, OpenThesis.org, Patents Online, LLC

NDLTD Union Catalog / VTLS Visualizer
Vinod Chachra, VTLS

Topical Categorization of Large Collections of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Edward Fox, NDLTD Director, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Venkat Srinivasan, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech

Thursday Networking Lunch

2009-06-12T05:43:00.000-07:00

ETD2009's first networking lunch was held at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association (PAA), featuring a welcome address from Eric Reeves of Patents Online/OpenThesis and a relocated plenary address by Deanna Marcum from the Library of Congress

Breakout Session 2C: Open Access

2009-06-11T13:56:00.000-07:00

(Tracy Kent, University of Birmingham)

Moderator: Julia Blixrud, Association of Research Libraries

Simon Bevan, Cranfield University, UK*Paul Needham, Cranfield University, UK

Repository usage statistics – can you count on them?

Anthony Troman, British LibraryTracy Kent, University of BirminghamSimon Bevan, University of CranfieldSusan Copeland, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

EThOS is LIVE, and is opening access to UK theses!

Breakout session 2B: Collaborations

2009-06-11T13:48:00.000-07:00

Moderator: Suzie Allard, University of Tenessee (pictured)

Angela McCutcheon, Ohio University, Graduate College

Moving from a Decentralized to Centralized Model for Processing ETDs

Keith Garbutt, The Honors College, West Virginia UniversityMolly Simis, The Honors College, West Virginia University

Going Digital: The Implementation of an Electronic Honors Thesis (eHT) at WVU and its impact.

Max Read, Faculty of Graduate Studies, the University of British ColumBronwen Sprout, UBC Library, the University of British Columbia (Canada)

From Paper to Pixels: Rough Spots and Roadblocks on the Way to ETDs

Breakout Session 2A: New Trends

2009-06-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

(Samrat Sarovar)

Breakout Session 2A: New Trends- Moderator: Ana Pavani, PUC- Rio
Repository Innovation And Preservation

Adam Mikeal, Texas A&M University LibrariesLaura Hammons, Texas A&M University Thesis Office

ETD Management in DSpace: A Report from the Texas ETD Repository Project

Bill Donovan, Boston College Libraries

Implementing ETD Submission at Boston College

Martin Halbert, Woodruff Library, Emory UniversityGail McMillan, Digital Library and Archives, Virginia Tech

Getting ETDs off the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing ETD Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks

Samrat Sarovar, Graduate student, Mechanical Engineering, WVUVictor Mucino, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, WVU

Framing Digital Assests into Context: A Preservation Study in the Design of a Cryogenic Pressure Vessel Using "STEP Documentation"

Thursday Plenary Session: Publishing, Open Access & ETDs

2009-06-11T12:42:00.000-07:00

Patrick Conner from West Virginia University presented a plenary panel of speakers on Publishing, Open Access & ETDs

Rush Miller (University of Pittsburgh)

Shirley Stewart Burns / Ph.D. History, West Virginia University

Daniel Ferreras, West Virginia University

Stay tuned for a web video on this presentation.

Thursday Plenary Session: Karla Hahn

2009-06-11T12:26:00.000-07:00

Karla Hahn from RLG presented a wake-up paper on Scholarly Communications in the Digital Millenium. You can read more about Karla in an earlier blogpost.

Thursday Schedule !

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Program for Thursday
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. New Trends Keynote Address
Introduction: Patricia Beeson, University of Pittsburgh Vice Provost for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies
Broadening Dissemination of New Knowledge: Scholarly Communicationsin the Digital Millennium
Karla Hahn, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Open Access Publishing Featured Speaker / Plenary Panel
Publishing, Open Access & ETDs:A Panel Session on Student, Faculty & Publisher Perspectives
» Moderator: Patrick Conner, West Virginia University Press / Dept. of English

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Breakout Session 2A: New Trends
Repository Innovation And Preservation
» Moderator: Ana Pavani, PUC- Rio

Breakout Session 2B: Collaborations
Inter/Intra Departmental Cooperation
Room B (Ballroom)
» Moderator: Suzie Allard, University of Tenessee

Breakout Session 2C: Open Access
The Future of Open Access
Room C (Kurtzman Room)
» Moderator: Julia Blixrud, Association of Research Libraries

12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Networking Lunch Pittsburgh Athletic Association (PAA)
» Welcome Address: Eric Reeves, Patents Online / OpenThesis

2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
New Trends Keynote Address
» Introduction: Ronald L. Larsen, Dean and Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Preservation in the Digital Age: A Moral and Legal Obligation
» Deanna Marcum, Library of Congress

3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Platforms/Demos Plenary Panel
» Moderator: Peter Schirmbacher, Humboldt University
OpenThesis.org: A Universal ETD Database with Search, Organization, Collaboration & Print Capabilities
» James Ryley, Founder & President, OpenThesis.org, Patents Online, LLC
NDLTD Union Catalog / VTLS Visualizer
» Vinod Chachra, VTLS
Topical Categorization of Large Collections of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
» Edward Fox, NDLTD Director, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
» Venkat Srinivasan, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech

4 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Break

4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
New Trends Plenary Panel
» Moderator: Vinod Chachra, VTLS
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database User Survey: The first large-scale survey of dissertation information seeking behavior
» Amanda Ross, ProQuest LLC
Students as Advocates
» Julia Blixrud, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
The Semantic Electronic Scientific Thesis
» Peter Murray-Rust, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry,University of Cambridge, UK

5:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Posters / Technology Fair Exhibits
Lower Lounge

5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Break

6:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Conference Dinner Banquet Carnegie Music Hall
» Musical Entertainment by WVU “Samba Nova Quartet”

ETD Awards Presentation
» Moderator: Christine Jewell, NDLTD Awards Committee Chair
Dinner / ProQuest Welcome Address

Breakout 1C: ETD Efficiencies and Lessons

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Martin Courtois (Pictured) from the Kansas State University Libraryconcluded the breakout session on ETD Efficiencies and Lessons, describing his own institutions efficiencies and productivity improvements while expanding their ETD collection. Prior to Martin, Christine Smith and Jane Champagne presented the University at Albany(NY) transition from paper to digital thesis submission, Janet Lee-Smeltzer from the University of Alabama Library reviewed their experience with the Proquest Dissertation Publishing system, and Christine Jewell from the University of Waterloo presented a description of their academic integrity online module targeting graduate students submitting ETDs.

Breakout session 1B: Open Access- Journeys from Obscurity to Visibility

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Ana Pavani (pictured) analyzed her Pontificia Universidad Catolica do Rio de Janeiro ETD repository from the perspective of those ETDs with Restricted Access. During the same session Terry Owen from the University of Maryland discussed trends in ETD embargos, Ursula Goldsmith from Louisiana State University described her thesis study on faculty perception of ETD submission, Peter Schirmbacher from Humbolt Univerity Berlin described the metamorphosis of an ETD collection to an open access repository, and Agnes Chikonzo from the University of Zimbabwe portrayed the opportunities and obstacles of enhancing local content such as ETDs in a developing country.

Breakout session 1A: Platforms/Demos

2009-06-10T19:51:00.000-07:00

Sophie Bogdanski (pictured) from the Marshall University Library presented with the Robert Gordon University Library's Susan Copeland on special issues facing small and medium size institutions planning, implementing, and managing institutional repositories containing ETDs. The presenters consider the results of recent studies including the findings of parallel surveys undertaken in the US and in the UK in 2007 and the JISC funded ‘EMBED’ project in the UK which concludes in 2009.

This breakout session also featured Kathy Fletcher from the University of West Virginia presenting their expansion of online training materials for their ETD training program to include demonstrations and simulation exercises on how to create and modify Adobe PDF files, Gordon Ernst presented the WVU migration from its homegrown eIDR ETD system to a new ExLibris DigiTool system named WVU Scholar, and Michael Kaplan of Ex Libris presenting the dynamic growth of their DigiTool product by showcasing ETD sites making use of their productivity platform.

NDLTD Welcome- Ed Fox

2009-06-10T19:31:00.001-07:00

Ed Fox, NDLTD Director, presented his welcome remarks, including a "wish list" for ETD global awareness and repository expansion.

ETD2009 Welcome

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The Audience

The Band

The Welcome from the U. of Pittsburgh, Provost James Maher

The Welcome from the U. of West Virginia, Provost E. Jane Martin

Opening Words: John Hagen

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The University of West Virginia's John Hagen also welcomed the delgates on behalf of his university, after showing some interesting videos.....

Opening Words: Rush Miller

2009-06-10T17:31:00.000-07:00

Rush Miller, Hillman University Librarian for the University of Pittsburgh, welcomed the delegates.

Opening Plenary: Stevan Harnad

2009-06-10T15:12:00.000-07:00

Although Stevan Harnad was scheduled to kick off ETD2009, his arrival was delayed, and his anticipated presentation was delayed until after the first set of breakouts. Of course, patience was rewarded, and Dr. Harnad presented the full-court press inevitability of an open access world, based on his recommendation of stages like green or pale green versions of authors self-depositing their own papers in institutional repositories. Oh, yes, he also dismissed recent efforts of gold access as impractical and ineffective. A youtube version of his talk will be online in the near future.

Preconference- Adobe Acrobat 9

2009-06-10T08:39:00.000-07:00

Timother Plumer from Adobe Systems presenting an explanation of features and effective usage practices for the Adobe Acrobat Preconference workshop.

Preconference- ETDs for Rookies

2009-06-10T08:29:00.000-07:00

Felix Ubogu, from the University of the Witwatersrand, presenting the spread of ETD expertise in Africa for the ETD for Rookies presentation. Convener for this session John Hagen is approaching a microphone in the front of the room.

Preconference on ETD preservation

2009-06-10T08:17:00.000-07:00

Gail MacMillan (left) discussing preservation standards and best (effective) practices during the break at Wednesday morning's pre-conference preservation workshop.

Registration Desk

2009-06-10T06:32:00.000-07:00

The Registration Desk staff (Heidi Card and Crystal McCormick) supply the conference check-in support, making sure all the delegates receive an accurate name badge, receipts, conference bag, program, etc.

Tweat about the ETD2009 Conference

2009-06-09T08:45:00.000-07:00

Send us your tweats about the ETD2009 Conference to #etd09
Let's twitter away!

Wednesday, June 10- Conference Day 1 Preview

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The University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University are pleased to sponsor the 12th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations from June 10 – June 13, 2009 and wish to welcome you to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Conference takes place at the William Pitt Union, across the street from the Cathedral of Learning.
The list of conference delegates registered will let you prepare to greet many memorable collegues and new friends that have joined the ETD international movement. You can find the first day schedule here.

Highlights include:
Pre-conference workshops for/on newcomers, preservation, and Adobe Acrobat 9

Lunch

Opening Session Welcome

Stevan Harnad's Keynote on Open Access

Poster session/technology fair

Breakout sessions

Daniel Ferreras's featured talk

Welcome Reception (6-9pm)

Featured Speaker: Steve O’Connor

2009-06-08T10:50:00.000-07:00

Steve O’Connor is the University Librarian, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has held a number of equivalent posts in tertiary education in Australia and, as the Chief Executive Officer of CAVAL Collaborative Solutions Ltd, developed, managed projects and programs to serve the library industry. Currently, O’Connor is focused on the creation of new and sustainable business models for the future of libraries. He is also the Editor of the international, peer-reviewed journal, Library Management and the Library Management China.

O’Connor has extensive experience in managing large and small organisations, both income and expenditure-based. His work demonstrates a research and futures focus, which has been developed to ensure library and information services achieve relevant, efficient and cost-beneficial outcomes for all stakeholders. Steve has researched, published, spoken, consulted and taught extensively in the areas of change, organisational management, information delivery, collection transition, scenario and strategic planning, and the wider library and information environment. He enjoys foundational and critical ongoing involvement in the development and implementation of digital information services, and in the provision of consortia strategies for service and financial improvement.

Featured Speaker: Patrick Conner

2009-06-08T07:34:00.000-07:00

Patrick Conner is the Eberly College Centennial Professor in the Humanities and a professor of English at West Virginia University. As Director of the WVU Press from 1999 to 2008, he established best procedures for university presses in acquiring titles and marketing books which had not been pursued heretofore by the WVU Press and was responsible for creating unique imprints in both Appalachian and Medieval studies to bring greater recognition to WVU’s research mission, particularly as it impacted Appalachian culture. Conner has been a long-term supporter of open access ETDs, and he is experienced in publishing ETDs as commercial monographs, as well.

He acquired Shirley Burns open access history doctoral dissertation, and assigned appropriate editors to bring it into the now popular book Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal on Southern West Virginia Communities, which has been of immense value to persons concerned with approaches to the conjunction of mining and the environment. His own scholarship embraces early medieval studies and humanities computing. Conner won awards for his development of the Beowulf Workstation, and he founded ANSAXNET, perhaps the earliest discussion group dedicated to early medieval literary subjects. Conner knows what English professors, playwrights, and poets do when they understand computers and take them seriously in their professions.

Getting around (and getting to) ETD2009

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Check out the Google Map for ETD2009. There is a travel page on the conference website to get you from the airport to the campus location.

Featured Speaker: Daniel Ferreras

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Daniel Ferreras is an associate professor of French, Spanish and Comparative Literatures at West Virginia University. His work on the Fantastic, the detective story, marginalized genres, and popular culture issues has appeared in French Literature Series, Hispania, Política, Lectura y signo, Excavatio and Popular Culture Review, and he’s the author of Lo fantástico en la literatura y en el cine (Vosa, 1996) and Cuentos de la mano izquierda (Silente, 1999).
A long-time advocate for open digital communication, he was the first faculty member from the WVU Department of Foreign Languages to direct a thesis under the electronic submission mandate nearly a decade ago and he is an active member of the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation / Institutional Repository Task Force, as well as a faculty spokesperson for the SPARC “Create Change” program. Dr. Ferreras has participated in several ETD conferences and seminars, providing a unique faculty perspective on fundamental issues concerning the digital library and the reception as well as the future of scholarly communications.

ETD2009- Conference Tracks

2009-06-05T08:46:00.000-07:00

Get the most out of your ETD2009 experience by following your favorite theme "track" color on the program schedule posted to the ETD2009 website.

Open Access
New Trends
Platforms and Demos
Global Outreach
Collaborations

Keynote Speaker: Karla Hahn

2009-06-05T08:39:00.000-07:00

Karla Hahn is the Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication at the Association of Research Libraries, a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries at comprehensive, research-extensive institutions in the US and Canada. It has a long history of leadership in promoting positive change in the scholarly communication system. Key focuses of current activity include the assessment and implementation of new scholarly communication models; the development of alliances to advance of new systems of scholarly communication; and advancement of library outreach efforts to inform the educational and research communities on issues relating to scholarly communication.

Hahn holds both an MLS and a PhD and has published extensively on issues relating to publishing, electronic communication and libraries.

Dreaming of Pittsburgh? What can you do in 36 hours?

2009-06-04T13:25:00.000-07:00

I posted this article last year, and it is where you might not notice it. There is also a visual slide show of places worth discovering.

Pittsburgh Performing Arts Calendar

2009-06-04T09:35:00.000-07:00

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and development of Pittsburgh's downtown Cultural District. Check out the event calendar when you hit town! Robbie Klein is a well known musical name in Pittsburgh, and he will be performing June 9, 2009, at 5:00 PM at Katz Plaza.

Keynote Speaker: Deanna Marcum

2009-06-04T08:48:00.000-07:00

Deanna Marcum was appointed the Library of Congress Associate Librarian for Library Services in 2003. In this capacity she manages 53 divisions and offices whose over 1,800 employees are responsible for acquisitions, cataloging, public service, and preservation activities, services to the blind and physically handicapped, and network and bibliographic standards for America’s national library. She is also responsible for integrating the emerging digital resources into the traditional artifactual library–the first step toward building a national digital library for the 21st century.

In 1995, Dr. Marcum was appointed president of the Council on Library Resources and president of the Commission on Preservation and Access. Dr. Marcum served as Director of Public Service and Collection Management at the Library of Congress from 1993-95. Before that she was the Dean of the School of Library and Information Science at The Catholic University of America. From 1980 to 1989, she was first a program officer and then vice president of the Council on Library Resources. Dr. Marcum holds a Ph.D. in American Studies, a master’s degree in Library Science, and a bachelor’s degree in English.

Keynote Speaker: Stevan Harnad

2009-06-04T08:01:00.000-07:00

Stevan Harnad is a cognitive scientist who was born in Budapest, Hungary. He did his undergraduate work at McGill University and his graduate work at Princeton University's Department of Psychology. He is currently Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Science at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Southampton. He is also an External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research is on categorization, communication, cognition and consciousness.

Dr. Harnad was the founder and editor (1978-2003) of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, a journal published by Cambridge University Press, Psychology, an electronic journal sponsored by the American Psychological Association, and CogPrints, an electronic preprint archive in the cognitive sciences hosted by University of Southampton. He was also the founder and moderator of the American Scientist Open Access Forum (since 1998) and is an active promoter of Open Access. 4605 messages since 1998.

It's almost showtime!

2009-05-29T17:53:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

We're getting incredibly close to ETD2009 conference time, now T-12 days and counting. I hope you're as excited as I am for the stimulating and action-packed venue we've arranged. Please tell anyone you think should attend but is not yet registered that they are missing a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and to get in while there's still time to

Looking forward to a most excellent conference and to meeting everyone in Pittsburgh! Thanks to all for your contributions.

ETD2009 Registration is open!

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TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS - ETD2009 CONFERENCE

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In keeping with the spirit of open access and inclusiveness, the NDLTD offers travel scholarships to delegates in need of financial assistance to attend the ETD symposium. Travel scholarships are awarded based on need and reviewed according to NDLTD Conference Handbook guidelines. Scholarships may cover some or all transportation, registration and lodging costs.

Travel scholarship recipients are typically individuals from U.N. developing regions and/or graduate students and/or awards program winners. Submitting a proposal to present a paper or poster (or willingness to do so) and providing at least some local funding support to supplement the travel grant will increase the likelihood of travel support. A required post-conference survey will be collected to assess the outcomes of delegate attendance.

If you wish to apply for an ETD2009 Travel Scholarship, please complete the form at http://www.library.pitt.edu/etd2009/phpfiles/scholarships.php

The deadline to apply for travel grants is March 2, 2009.
A letter of support from applicant's supervisor / senior staff is required.
Questions may be directed to etd2009@pitt.edu

ETD 2009 Last Call for Papers

2009-01-24T23:01:00.000-08:00

ETD 2009 Call for Papers, Posters, Presentations and Tutorials EXTENDED DEADLINE

Have you submitted your proposal yet? Only 7 days remaining...

Deadline for Abstract Submission is February 23, 2009
Themes are Open Access, New Trends, Platforms, Collaborations, Global Outreach

We'd love to include you in our program. So don't forget, time is running short!

Join NDLTD on Facebook

2009-01-24T22:55:00.000-08:00

Stay in touch with latest NDLTD friends and events. Get to know your conference colleagues better with this favorite social networking site. For those of you who may be new to Facebook, no worries - why not give it a try? Signing up is quick, easy, free, fun and great for networking! We'd love to see you there.

ETD 2009 Call for Papers

2008-11-25T15:27:00.000-08:00

On behalf of the NDLTD, the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University, we would like to invite you to submit a paper, poster or presentation for "ETD 2009: Bridging the knowledge divide" - the 12th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. ETD 2009 will focus on ETDs, Institutional repositories and Open Access – Integrative E-Learning Processes in Higher Education. The ETD 2009 conference also includes a joint call for participation in a Developing Nations Colloquium co-sponsored by eIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) Network. The Call for Papers will close February 16, 2009, so get your thinking caps on and send us your best shot!

36 Hours in Pittsburgh

2008-07-11T14:49:00.000-07:00

Great restaurants, excellent shopping, breakthrough galleries and prestigious museums make Pittsburgh, a city of 89 distinct neighborhoods, a hip destination. See the New York Times July 6, 2008 article on how to do the highlights quickly.