[Sigdl-l] Call For Proposals ETD 2013

[Marisa Ramirez]

Apologies for cross-posting

Proposals for presentations, panel sessions and posters are invited
for the upcoming U.S Electronic Thesis and Dissertation conference to
be held in Claremont, California (near Disneyland resort, beaches &
Hollywood) July 24-26, 2013.

Deadline: Proposals should be submitted before March 15, 2013 to be considered.

Proposals should reflect the conference theme: Waves of Change: Oceans
of Opportunity
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The U.S. Electronic Dissertations and Theses Association welcomes the
following types of submissions:

Poster sessions - peer reviewed
Posters introduce late-breaking results, work in progress, or research
that is best communicated in an interactive or graphical format. Two
types of posters are encouraged: contributed research posters
presenting new and promising work or preliminary results of ongoing
projects; and contributed “best practices” posters presenting the
results practical implementations of an organization’s practices or
innovations. The content of the poster should clearly point out how
the application contributes to innovation of thought or design within
the field, and how it addresses key challenges, as well as the
potential impact on the participant’s organization and/or practices in
the field. Joint submissions from students, librarians and other
professionals demonstrating different perspectives on a single issue
are particularly encouraged. Posters are expected to elicit discussion
in a personal and less formal setting. Submissions for refereeing
should be in the form of abstract up to 500 words.
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Single-session presentations and panels - peer reviewed
Single session presentations and panels are invited on topics that
include emerging issues, hot or emerging trends, opinions on
controversial issues, analyses of tools and techniques, and
contrasting viewpoints in complementary professional areas.
For single-session presentations, please submit a proposal of up to
500 words, providing a summary of the presentation topic and the
qualifications of the speaker.

Panels must have a cohesive theme and promote lively interaction
between panelists and audience members. Please submit a panel proposal
up to 500 words, providing an overview of the issues to be discussed
by the panel and brief bios of each of the panelists. Proposals should
only list panelists who have agreed to participate and shall indicate
the qualifications and contribution that each panelist will offer.
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Presentation, panel and poster session topics are encouraged to address:
• Change management, transitions and transformations
• Services and outreach to enhance ETD development
• Supporting ETDs with Library services and information instruction
• Business Realities and Organizational Challenges
• ETDs and Ethics, Security & Quality
• Centralized and Decentralized submission processes
• Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patents and Tech Transfer
• Developing and implementing ETD Policies and Procedures
• Developing campus support and leadership
• Collaborative Opportunities, Community-Building and Campus Partnerships
• Global ETD Issues
• Software and Technology
• ETD Innovation and Exploration
• Failures and Successes
• File-types and Formatting, including use of non-traditional mediums
• Publishing, Research and management of datasets
• Nuts and bolts of ETD management including case studies of workflow
and ingest models
• Retroactive digitization and ETD migration/harvesting
• Undergraduate and other student scholarship

Submission Site
Once you have prepared your proposal according to the above
instructions, please use the electronic submission system to submit
your item for review. Go to
https://conferences.tdl.org/USETDA/USETDA2013/index , click on the
"Proposal Submission" link in the right-hand sidebar and follow the
prompts.

For additional information, please visit the USETDA website:
http://www.usetda.org/?page_id=1591

Additional questions should be address to the USETDA Board: board at usetda.org

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Marisa Ramirez
Digital Scholarship Services Librarian
Robert E. Kennedy Library, Rm 104A
California Polytechnic State University
Voice: 805.756.7040
mramir14 at calpoly.edu
http://lib.calpoly.edu/scholarship/