2011 TxETDA Conference 1995 (circa): Keynote by Dr. Carol A. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Sandra L. Terrell, Ph.D. 2011 TxETDA Conference

• 1995 (circa): Keynote by Dr. Carol A. Twigg,

VP at Educom and someone asked a simple question, “why don’t we have all thesis and dissertations submitted by computer”?

• 13 members from all schools and colleges,

including the graduate school and the libraries.

• Charge: assess feasibility & desirability of a

policy allowing ETDs, major issues of such a policy, and appropriate recommendations

• Documents: Virginia Tech ETD Initiative and

UT Austin, Ad Hoc Committee on Digital Dissertations Report

Libraries to archive on CD-ROM and circulating copies

• f ETDs made available to academic community via

the university’s WWW page. Proceed to develop policies and procedures to permit, encourage, and ultimately require electronic filing and archiving Portable Document Format (PDF) be used with provision to add other file formats in line with program needs and advancing technology Develop and adopt formal ETD policies and procedures, involving graduate faculty in discussions; mandate ETDs in Fall 1998

Ten recomm mmend endatio ations: ns: Major

• r Four

• Appropriate fee structure
• New ETD manual; instruction for graduate

students on PDF; need for site licenses; training lab monitors to assist students

• Music and Visual Arts -- graphics
• Implementation Committee

• Appointed by Graduate Dean in Spring 1998
• Graduate Council: Optional ETDs in Spring

1999; mandatory ETDs in Fall 1999

• ETDs are okay…..
• Distribution is fine….
• I know the work was

for a UNT degree…..

• I didn’t plagiarize;

every quote is cited…..

• But I still want bound
• But I want mine

restricted...indefinitely

• But it’s still mine,

mine, mine (or ours,

• urs, ours)
• So whaddaya mean I

need written permission?

What “bricks” are being laid today that will need to be reversed tomorrow?

VTDs: Virtual Theses and Dissertations University publishing of works conducted at their own institutions or a consortium of institutions, distributed world-wide Phase-out of disciplinary journals and publications as users become more interdisciplinary; individuals to bundle into their own unique interest “journals”