VT ETDs

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Find out about ETDs

• Facts, Data, Information
  Archiving, servers, staffing, use, etc.
• Presentations and Publications about VT ETDs
• Survey Results (PDF 519KB)
  VT Graduates whose ETDs were accessible in 2000

NDLTD

Networked Digital Library of
Theses and Dissertations

• Award Winning ETDs
• Community Activities
• Conferences since 1998
  • 2011: University of Cape Town South Africa
  • 2010: University of Texas at Austin
  • 2009: University of Pittsburgh (with WVU)
• NDLTD Handout(PDF 40.7KB)
• Members
• Minutes
  • Board of Directors, May 2003 to date
  • Steering Committee, March 1997 - Oct. 2002

ETD Preservation

NDTLD / MetaArchive Collaboration /
Distributed Digital Preservation Workshop(PDF 128KB)

For ETD Authors

• GUIDES
  • Copyright
  • ETD Examples
  • General Information
  • Graduate School Catalog
  • Graduate School Guidelines
  • Preparing your VT ETD [handout]
• LEARNING TOOLS
  • Adobe PDF Tutorial
  • VT ETD Workshop
  • Practice Submitting an ETD
• POLICIES/PROCEDURES
  • Approval Form
    • Graduate School
    • Library-friendly approval form (recommended)
  • Graduate School Policies
  • Submit your ETD to the VT Graduate School

BTD Authors

Bound theses and dissertations (BTD) are being digitized for the VT community. Pre-1997 BTD authors can remove access restrictions.

ETD System Implementors

• ETD_db: Submission Process
• ETD MS: Interoperability Metadata Standard

ETD User Survey

We want to know about our ETD readers. Please share your opinions with us through this survey.