From: "Rowlands, Ian (Dr.)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:31:45 +0000

*With apologies for cross-posting*

Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) 2014:  23 to 25 July 2014,
Leicester, UK.

Deadline for proposals for papers and posters is 31 January

ETD2014 – the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations’
(NDLTD) 17th annual symposium – takes place at the University of
Leicester, UK from 23 to 25 July 2014.

Now that the New Year has arrived we would like to remind you that the
deadline for proposals is Friday, 31 January 2014.

Put 23 to 25 July 2014 in your diary and submit a proposal to present
a paper or contribute a poster to share your knowledge with the ETD
community!

With the overall symposium theme of ‘ETDs for Life’, we want to
explore what difference the huge growth in open access to electronic
theses and dissertations is making for authors, other researchers and
for social and economic development

We are seeking proposals which address one of the following themes:

●        ETDs for authors: topics such as authors’ perceptions of
advantages/disadvantages of open access to ETDs and whether this
access has influenced development of their career or other aspects of
their lives.

●        ETDs for society and the economy: topics such as the value of
open access to ETDs to business, education (including beyond
academia), cultural life and economic development.

●        ETDs for scholarship: topics such as the visibility and
accessibility of ETDs to the information seeker and the development of
‘enhanced’ ETDs which include access to related research data.

●        ETDs and the information professional: topics such as the
skills, resources and services required to further improve access to
ETDs.

For information on how to submit your proposal, please visit
http://www.le.ac.uk/etd2014/call

Dr Ian Rowlands
Research Services Manager & University Bibliometrician
David Wilson Library
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
UK