From: Gail Clement <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 01:05:04 +0000 Dear Colleagues, This week, two new papers situate openness of ETDs as an essential component of effective graduate education in the 21st century. Written entirely independently, these two works in combination articulate the power and promise of the ETD experience as an opportunity to empower the newest generation of scholars to make meaningful and impactful contributions to their disciplines and to society. A summary of these articles, with links to each, may be found online via the Free US Etds blog at http://bit.ly/1bEuyiS Best regards, Gail Gail P. Clement Scholarly Communications Librarian & Associate Professor University Libraries Texas A&M University [log in to unmask]