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State University System ETD Workshop
(UPDATED 2007 MARCH 27): The Florida Center for Library Automation and its partners in the State University System held a workshop March 26th, 2007 on "Starting and Sustaining Successful Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Programs". The workshop was held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida and was attended by nearly 50 librarians, technologists and graduate school staff from 10 universities in Florida. This site contains announcements, attendees handouts, speaker presentations and other useful information on the workshop and subsequent related activities.
Workshop Presentations
- The What, Why, How and Who of ETD Programs for the Ne(x)t Generation (Dr. Karen Bradley, UF Graduate School)
- ETDs @ UCF (Selma Jaskowski and Joel Lavoie, UCF Libraries)
- What Works Best at Florida State University (Dana Urrutia, FSU Office of Graduate Studies)
- ETDs at the University of South Florida (Monica Metz-Wiseman, USF Libraries)
- ETDs at the University of Florida (Bobby Parker and Cathy Martyniak, UF Libraries)
- Introduction to Proquest/UMI and NDLTD (Chuck Thomas, FCLA)
- ETDs: Institutional Policies and Procedures (Monica Metz-Wiseman, USF Libraries)
- Student Support and Training for ETD Programs (James Albury and Ken Booth, UF Computing Help Desk)
- File Formats and ETD Preservation (Priscilla Caplan, FCLA)
NEARBY HOTELS
Reitz Union Hotel (10 minute walk to workshop; Tel. : 352-392-2151 )
University Hotel (formerly University Holiday Inn; 5 minute walk to workshop; Tel.: 888-400-9714)
PARKING INFORMATION
The St. Augustine Church pay parking lot is only 2-3 blocks from the workshop location. The daily parking rate is $9 for the entire day. The attached map and instructions will guide you to the parking lot and the workshop location.
ETD PROGRAMS IN SUS INSTITUTIONS
The following links will help you find the latest policies and information on ETD programs at Florida's State University System institutions. Please remember that ETD programs usually are partnerships between libraries, graduate studies offices, and possibly other partners at each university, so each of the following sites will likely have links to other useful information, policies and procedures.
- Florida Interational University
- Florida State University
- University of Central Florida
- University of Florida
- University of South Florida