Electronic Theses and Dissertation (ETD) Plus

The ETDplus project (2014-2017) built on the momentum of the earlier “Lifecycle Management of ETDs” project to research and build tools to help manage a growing challenge in ETD programs: the creation and submission of materials beyond the PDF of a electronic thesis or dissertation. Ranging from research data sets to video installations, from websites to music recitals, these digital objects are pieces of intellectual work that cannot be captured in words alone.

The project has produced guidance documentation, workshop materials, and software tools for students and staff to use in managing these complex digital objects.

Project Outputs:

ETDplus Virtual Workshops, published 28 November 2017
ETDplus Guidance Briefs, published 28 October 2017
Introduction to ETDplus Toolkit, published 12 June 2017
ETDplus Toolkit, published 03 April 2017
ETDplus Workbench, published 25 July 2016

Advisory Board:

Dr. Tyler Walters (Dean of Libraries, Virginia Tech)
Michael Witt (Purdue University, Interdisciplinary Research Librarian)
Christopher “Cal” Lee (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science)
Gail McMillan (Virginia Tech, Director of Digital Research & Scholarship Services)
Kathleen Shearer (Confederation of Open Access Research, Executive Director)
Dwayne K. Buttler (University of Louisville, Evelyn J. Schneider Endowed Chair for Scholarly Communication)
Amy Jo Barton (Purdue University Libraries, Metadata Specialist)
Holly Mercer (University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Research Services)
Chris Eaker (University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries, Data Curation Librarian)
Carly Dearborn (Purdue University Libraries, Digital Preservation & Electronic Records Archivist)
Gabrielle Michalek (Carnegie Mellon University, Head of Archives & Digital Library Initiatives)
Michael Boock (Oregon State University, Head of Center for Digital Scholarship and Services)
Mike Furlough (Penn State University, Associate Dean for Research & Scholarly Communications)
Austin McClean (ProQuest, Director of Scholarly Communication and Dissertation Publishing)
Dr. Martin Halbert (UNT, Dean of Libraries and Associate Professor)
Joe Swanson, Jr. (Morehouse College, Director of Morehouse School of Medicine Library)
Zhiwu Xie (University Libraries Virginia Tech, Associate Professor & Technology Development Librarian)
Rachel Howard (University of Louisville, Digital Initiatives Librarian)
Cinda May (Indiana State University, Associate Librarian & Public Historian)

Project Partners:

Carnegie Mellon University
Colorado State University
Indiana State University
Morehouse School of Medicine
Oregon State University
Penn State University
Purdue University
ProQuest
University of Louisville
University of North Carolina School of Library and Information Science
University of North Texas
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Virginia Tech University.