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Monday, December 08, 2003
Exploring Electronic Theses and Dissertation Issues - Janice El-Bayoumi, Lisa Charlong, NAWEB 2003
An ETD is an electronic document explaining the research of a graduate student. Ideally these documents are submitted electronically, are searchable, and freely available over the Internet. In the fall of 2001, the University of New Brunswick and the UNB Graduate Student Association (GSA) began an investigation of the issues surrounding ETDs. In addition to a literature review, the research included consultation with UNB stakeholders, several case studies and hands on testing through an ETD pilot program. Once completed this research will inform UNB’s decision on whether and how to adopt an ETD program. The goals of an ETD program can include improved accessibility to theses and dissertations, public access, and empowering students to use hypertext and multimedia technologies as part of their work. Another benefit cited in ETD literature is the development of the practical skills required by students for electronic submission to journals. These are acquired when students go through a similar process at their own institution. For institutions that do not require paper in addition to electronic submission, costs may also be reduced. This paper briefly reviews UNB’s research and the emerging models UNB may adopt if an ETD program moves into production.
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