Webinar: Access to Academic Theses and Dissertations

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Date: 
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time: 
1:00-2:00 p.m. CST
Location: 
CRL
Contact: 
Don Dyer - ddyer@crl.edu

Presenters: Amy Wood, Technical Services and Acquisitions, and Marie Waltz, Special Projects Librarian, CRL

As more universities solicit electronic submission of graduate degree documents, access to dissertations and theses is rapidly changing. This presentation for CRL collection development, reference, and resource-sharing librarians, based on a preconference workshop at the 2009 Charleston Conference, will outline the new challenges in access to dissertations and theses, including:

  • What to expect from emerging online sources of electronic theses and dissertations (EDTs), such as Project EThOS (U.K.), and NDLTD (U.S.)
  • CRL services to support discovery of and access to non-U.S. dissertations and theses.

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