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1 ETDs for Life Panel ETD 2014: 17 th Int’l Symposium on ETDs Leicester, England Edward A. Fox Executive Director, NDLTD, www.ndltd.org fox@vt.edu http://fox.cs.vt.edu/talks/2014 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
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Many lives Graduate researchers – from early in the careers of the most innovative scholars Information life cycle NDLTD and the global ETD movement Computational thinking Digital libraries
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OVERVIEW: general OpportunitiesChallengesBenefits Global MovementAll TDs as ETDs Expressive ETDs Spreading awareness Overcoming inertia Providing aid Empowered students and universities Enhanced research collab. ComputingLiteracy -> compu- tational thinking: ePub, text, data, metadata, multi- media, linking Infrastructure Training Assistance Life skills for researchers Improved quality and effectiveness of systems/flows Digital LibrariesETD collection ETD DL services: local, global Limited DL knowledge Emerging DL systems and support Life skills for researchers Open access to research worldwide
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4 Spirit of NDLTD Key: graduate researchers –> global future leaders Assuage fears -> empower, build confidence -> promote sharing Have fun helping others, make a smaller world Build on every advance in technologies, standards ETDs are expressive, high quality, preservable, (re)usable Win-win-win (everyone can benefit) Doable, feasible, learnable, affordable Please join/support NDLTD!
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Borgman et al. 1996 http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/research/dig_libraries/ 5 Information Life Cycle (adapted) Authoring Modifying Classifying Tagging Recommending Indexing Storing Retrieving Distributing Networking Retention / Mining Filtering Using Downloading Citing Discovering
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OVERVIEW: NDLTD OpportunitiesChallengesBenefits Global MovementNDLTDMembership Priorities ETD activities More ETDs More members ComputingApply advanced technologies Collaborate with partners People to experiment Value propositions Liaison efforts Improved support Improved services Improved ePub Increased collaboration Digital LibrariesUnion catalog Discovery services Usage/text analysis & reporting Quality control Use of standards Local support Interoperability NDLTD resources Better DL support for NDLTD members and the global research community
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How You Can Participate Global: NDLTD Committees, Working Groups –Please volunteer! Local: Improve infrastructure and services –Trip report from ETD2014, local discussion Personal: communication and mentoring efforts –Blogs, tweets, forum Activities: –Training resources and other documentation –Outreach to other individuals and institutions –Research, development, application of systems / services 7
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