The US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA) will hold their 10th annual conference, “USETDA 2020”, September 23 – 25 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. We invite graduate school, library, and information technology professionals to submit proposals for presentations, panel sessions, workshops, and posters.
Deadline: Proposals should be submitted on or before April 17, 2020 to be considered.
Audience: USETDA 2020 provides excellent educational opportunities for professionals from graduate schools, libraries, academic computing and others who work with electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), institutional repositories, graduate students, and scholarly communications. Our goal is to offer relevant, practice-oriented content that supports ETD productivity improvement, and ETD professionals, advances ETD operations, and encourages the formation of regional ETD associations and networking communities, as well as provide useful and innovative resources, standards, and technology for the development and support of ETD programs. Proposals are welcome from library, graduate school, information technology professionals, graduate students, and faculty as well as library and information systems / services representatives.
Theme: The conference theme “Making Connections – Scholarly Communication in the Digital Age” will focus on the impact and implications of connecting scholars and research from across the country and around the world. We will examine the present use and availability of ETDs and related initiatives. We will also explore new and emerging ETD practices, needs, and influences that impact administrative, graduate school, and library professionals.
Presentation proposals should reflect one or more of the following three categories: Research Practices, Streamlining ETD Processing, and the Impact of ETDs. Presenters are encouraged to use the examples under the subtopics as inspiration, but are not limited to these ideas and can expand upon them or generate new ones based on the subtopic themes.
For complete information and to submit your proposal visit the Call for Proposals Webpage.