Join the discussion on the past year’s challenges, issues and successes in the field, and to share knowledge and resources with colleagues via Zoom on Wednesday, May 18th at 2:00 pm Eastern. To participate in user group discussions, you should complete this form. If you're already a user group member and need the Zoom meeting ... Read more
Our next session will be Wednesday, June 8 at 2 pm ET / 1 pm CST and it will last 1-1.5 hours. G.W. Swicord, Theses and Dissertations Project Manager at the University of Florida Libraries, will be leading a discussion on metadata. What is it? Why do we need it? How can we help students ... Read more
This month, Lili Compton, Graduate Communication Programs Coordinator at the Center for Communication Excellence in the Iowa State University Graduate College, will lead a discussion on cross-training. This came out of a group discussion we had a few months ago and boils down to: how do we talk about what we do and how do ... Read more
Save the date! The USETDA 2022 Conference will be held September 21 – 23, 2022 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio, organized by Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University and the USETDA. For more information about the conference visit our Webpage. Prior to ordering conference registration tickets, please review our Registration Information.
Mark your calendars for the next Community Engagement Group meeting: Wednesday, October 26 at 2 pm eastern time. At this session, we will be focusing on accessibility, which was a hot topic at our recent conference. Alison Haynes, ICT Compliance Coordinator at Kent State University, presented at USETDA 2022 and she has many ideas regarding how ... Read more
Join us the afternoon of January 18, 2023 for our next ETD Formatting User's Group meeting. As it's the beginning of a new year, and since it's been some time since we last spoke, that's our theme for this month's meeting: "New Year, New Goals." This Wednesday, let's talk about where we want to see our ... Read more
Join us Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 2pm Eastern for a lively online discussion on community engagement. What Matters to You the Most? As we ease into 2023, we want take some time to reflect on our needs, goals, and hopes for the coming year. What matters to you the most? Our first Community Engagement ... Read more
The Community Engagement Group will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, April 12 at 2:00 PM (EDT). We have an exciting discussion planned on: Embargoes and Project Planning We’ll start by discussing an embargo issue that a member of the CEG is having. I know that she would love to hear about our experiences and ... Read more
Wednesday, June 28 at 2 pm Eastern Exploring Equity and Inclusion in Digital Scholarship – In our fall conference we hope to explore issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the creation and dissemination of ETDs. This important topic, however, is not one that is frequently discussed. In this Community Engagement Group session, we’ll be having ... Read more
The USETDA 2023 Conference will be held September 20 – 21, 2023 as a virtual event via Zoom, organized by the USETDA. For more information about the conference visit our Webpage. Prior to ordering conference registration tickets, please review our Registration Information.
John Fudrow, Repository Librarian, University of Pittsburgh Libraries Join us Wednesday, October 25th at 2:00 pm Eastern for our next Community Engagement Group meeting. John Fudrow, Repository Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh Libraries will discuss communications and engagement related to ETD processing and approvals between the University Libraries and various administrators and staff stakeholders ... Read more
The international ETD 2023 Symposium will be held 26 - 28 October 2023 in Gujarat, India. For additional information visit the NDLTD. YouTube promotional videos (brief / extended)