Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
13-17 September 2011, Cape Town, South Africa
Conference Information
Papers
Paper Session 1A - Publishing and Plagiarism
The role of stakeholders: Electronic Theses and Dissertations submission workflow for the University of Johannesburg - Lazarus Matizirofa (SA) [abstract]
Do ETDs Deter Publishers? Does Web availability count as prior publicaton? - Marisa Ramirez, Gail Mcmillan, Joan Dalton, Nancy Seamans and Max Read (US & Canada) [abstract] [paper] [presentation]
Where Sharing Should Not Go: An Environmental Scan of Originality Assurance Awareness and Efforts to Discourage or Prevent Plagiarism - Charles Greenberg and Austin Mclean (US) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper]
Electronic Theses and Dissertation in Nigeria University Libraries: Status, Challenges and Strategies - Ifeanyi J Ezema and Cyprian Ugwu (Nigeria) [abstract]
Paper Session 1B - Open Access and Institutional Repositories
Institutional Repositories for Open Access; the Ghanaian Experience - Abednego Corletey (Ghana) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
Building Institutional Repositories in KLISC Member Institutions in Kenya: Emerging challenges - Rosemary Otando (Kenya) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
A comparative overview of the development of the institutional repositories at the University of Cape Town and at the University of Pretoria - Annah Macha and Karin De Jager (SA) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
Assessing Awareness of Repositories and the Open Access Movement Among ETD Faculty Advisors - Molly Dolan (US) [abstract] [paper] [presentation]
Panel Session 1C - NDLTD Union Catalog
Paper Session 2A - Digitization
ETD Initiatives in Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO): Successes, challenges, prospects - Chinwe Anunobi and Collette Onyebinama (Nigeria) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
Digitization of Theses and Dissertations: Status Quo India - Mangala Hirwade (India) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper]
Creative Partnerships to Advance Graduate Research in the Digital Age - John Hagen (US) [abstract] [paper]
Paper Session 2B - Access
Enhanced Browsing System for Electronic Theses and Dissertations - Venkat Srinivasan, Mohamed Magdy and Edward Fox (US) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
Examining access by country, language and areas of knowledge - Ana Pavani (Brazil) [abstract] [paper] [presentation]
Data Desiccation: Facilitating long-term Access, Use, and Reuse of ETDs - Daniel Alemneh and Mark Phillips (US) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper]
Paper Session 2C - National Initiatives
First a trial balloon, now an established workflow: collecting electronic thesis at the German National Library - Uta Ackermann (Germany) [abstract] [paper] [presentation]
Creating a National Electronic Thesis & Disertation Portal in South Africa - Lawrence Webley, Hussein Suleman and Tatenda Chipeperekwa (SA) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
Towards National ETD Database: Responsibilities for the Libraries in Kenya - John Thuku (Kenya) [abstract] [paper] [presentation]
Paper Session 3A - People and Theses
Thesis and Dissertations Management Overview in Kosovo - Shukrije Rama (Serbia) [abstract] [paper] [presentation]
University Digital Scholarship Centers and Support for Graduate Thesis and Dissertation Work - Joan Lippincott (US) [abstract] [presentation]
Social factors influencing the adoption and development of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programmes in the Arab Gulf States - Jamal Alsalmi, Chern Li Liew and Brenda Chawner (New Zealand) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
The dot on the i: reflections of a postgraduate student and repository manager on the etd process at the University of Pretoria - Elsabe Olivier and Ina Louw (SA) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
Paper Session 3B - ETD Tools
VT ETD-db 2.0: Rewriting ETD-db System - Sung Hee Park, Paul Mather, Kimberli D. Weeks, Edward A. Fox and Gail Mcmillan (US) [abstract] [paper] [presentation]
Enriching the VT ETD-db System with References - Sung Hee Park and Edward A. Fox (US) [abstract] [peer-reviewed paper] [presentation]
CARPET - a Directory of Generic Publishing Tools - Peter Schirmbacher (Germany) [abstract] [presentation]
Panel Session 3C - Open Access ETDs and Publication in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Posters
Publication Details
Published by National Research Foundation, South Africa, 13 September 2011.
ISBN: 978-0-620-51049-3
Organisation
An annual event of:
ETD2011 Hosted By:
Website hosted by: UCT-CS Digital Libraries Laboratory
