Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography
Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
Version 2: 5/12/2008

Introduction

This bibliography presents selected English-language articles, conference papers, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). Where possible, links are provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet, including e-prints in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. Note that e-prints and published articles may not be identical.

An archive of prior versions of the bibliography is available.

Bibliography

Alhaji, Ibrahim Usman. "Digitization of Past Question Papers, Dissertations and Theses: A Case Study of 30 Nigerian University Libraries." The International Information & Library Review 39, no 3/4 (2007): 228-246.

Allard, Suzie. "7th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2004): Distributing Knowledge Worldwide through Better Scholarly Communication, 3-5 June 2004, Lexington, Kentucky, USA." D-Lib Magazine 10, no. 9 (2004). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september04/allard/09allard.html

Andrew, Theo. Intellectual Property and Electronic Theses. London: JISC, 2004. http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk/archive/IP_etheses.pdf

———. "Theses Alive!: An E-Theses Management System for the UK." (2004). Edinburgh Research Archive, 2004. http://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/423

Atkinson, Lisa. "The Rejection of D-Space: Selecting Theses Database Software at the University of Calgary Archives." E-LIS, 2006. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007938/.

Bakelli, Yahia, and Sabrina Benrahmoun. "Long-Term Preservation of Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Algeria." Libri 53, no. 4 (2003): 254-261. http://www.librijournal.org/pdf/2003-4pp254-261.pdf

Bevan, Simon J. "Electronic Thesis Development at Cranfield University." Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems 39, no. 2 (2005): 100-111. https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/1353

Bishop, Patricia, Ruth Marshall, and Debra Winter. "A Robust Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Program at UCF." EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research Research Bulletin, no. 3 (2007).

Chang, Sheau-Hwang. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)." OCLC Systems & Services 18, no. 3 (2002): 109-111.

Coles, Betsy, and George S. Porter. "Smoothing the Transition to Mandatory Electronic Theses." Caltech Library System Papers and Publications, 2003. http://caltechlib.library.caltech.edu/61/

Copeland, Susan. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Promoting 'Hidden' Research." Policy Futures in Education 6, no. 1 (2008): 87-96.

Copeland, Susan, and Andrew Penman. "The Development and Promotion of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) within the UK." New Review of Information Networking 10, no. 1 (2004): 19-32. https://openair.rgu.ac.uk/handle/10059/46

Copeland, Susan, Andrew Penman, and Richard Mime. "Electronic Theses: The Turning Point." Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems 39, no. 3 (2005): 185-197. https://openair.rgu.ac.uk/handle/10059/40

Cox, Fannie M., and Mary Barbosa-Jerez. "Gleanings from the 7th International Symposium on Electronic Thesis and Dissertations." Library Hi Tech News 21, no. 8 (2004): 10-12.

Das, Anup Kumar, B. K. Sen, and Chaitali Dutta. "ETD Policies, Strategies and Initiatives in India: A Critical Appraisal." dLIST, 2007. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1970/

Diepold, Peter. "'Dissertationen Online'—The ETD Project of the German Learned Societies." Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries 10, no. 1 (2000): 31-40.

Dobratz, Susanne, Matthias Schulz, Phil Potter, and Patty Strabala. "SGML/XML-Based Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Existing Projects and Standards." The Internet and Higher Education 4, no. 2 (2001): 93-104.

Dos Santos Pacheco, Roberto Carlos, Vinicius Medina Kern, and Paulo Henrique S. Bermejo. "Interoperability and Information Integration in an Early Online Academic Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations: The Case of BTD." The International Information & Library Review 35, no. 2-4 (2003): 319-333.

Douglas, Kimberly. "Report on the Fourth Annual Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science & Technology 28, no. 1 (2001): 27-28. http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-01/douglas.html

Edminster, Jude, and Joe Moxley. "Graduate Education and the Evolving Genre of Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Computers and Composition 19, no. 1 (2002): 89-104.

El-Bayoumi, Janice, and Lisa Charlong. "The University of New Brunswick's Pilot for an Electronic Theses and Dissertation Program." In Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM SIGUCCS Conference on User Services, 240-246. New York: ACM Press, 2003. http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw03/papers/el_bayoumi2/paper.html

El-Sherbini, Magda, and George Klim. "Metadata and Cataloging Practices." The Electronic Library 22, no. 3 (2004): 238-248.

Fineman, Yale. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations." portal: Libraries and the Academy 3, no. 2 (2003): 219-227.

———. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Music." Notes 60, no. 4 (2004): 893-907.

Foster, Andrea L. "Readers Not Wanted: Student Writers Fight to Keep Their Work Off the Web." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 May 2008.

———. "U. of Iowa Reverses New Policy That Would Have Made Nearly All Theses Freely Available Online." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 18 March 2008.

———. "U. of Iowa Writing Students Revolt against a Plan They Say Would Give Away Their Work on the Web." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 March 2008.

Fox, Edward A., John L. Eaton, Gail McMillan, Neill A. Kipp, Paul Mather, Tim McGonigle, William Schweiker, and Brian DeVane. "Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations: An International Effort Unlocking University Resources." D-Lib Magazine (September 1997). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september97/theses/09fox.html

Fox, Edward A., John L. Eaton, Gail McMillan, Neill A. Kipp, Laura Weiss, Emilio Arce, and Scott Guyer. "National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations: A Scalable and Sustainable Approach to Unlock University Resources." D-Lib Magazine (September 1996). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september96/theses/09fox.html

Fox, Edward A., Shahrooz Feizabadi, Joseph M. Moxley, and Christian R. Weisser, eds. Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Sourcebook for Educators, Students, and Librarians. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2004.

Fox, Edward A., Robert Hall, and Neill Kipp. "NDLTD: Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars for the Information Age." The New Review of Information Networking 3 (1997): 59-76. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/40

Fox, Edward A., Gail McMillan, and John L. Eaton. "The Evolving Genre of Electronic Theses and Dissertations." NDLTD Document Archive, 1999. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/36

Fox, Edward A., Gail McMillan, Hussein Suleman, Marcos A. Gonçalves, and Ming Luo. "Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)." In Digital Libraries: Policy, Planning and Practice, edited by Judith Andrews and Derek Law, 167-188. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, 2004.

Friend, Frederick J. "Brief Communication: UK Theses Online?" Interlending & Document Supply 26, no. 4 (1998): 175-177.

Ghosh, Maitrayee. "'Added Values to E-Theses'—ETD 2007 Symposium at Uppsala University, Sweden: A Summary Report." Library Hi Tech News 24, no. 6 (2007): 23-26.

Goldsmith, Ursula Irene Anna. "Perceptions of Active Graduate Faculty at a Research Extensive University Regarding Electronic Submission of Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)." PhD diss., Louisiana State University, 2002. http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0709102-111850/

Greig, Morag. "Implementing Electronic Theses at the University of Glasgow: Cultural Challenges." Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 29, no. 3 (2005): 326-335. http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/2295/

Hagen, John H., Susanne Dobratz, and Peter Schirmbacher. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations Worldwide: Highlights of the ETD 2003 Symposium." D-Lib Magazine 9, no. 7/8 (2002). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july03/hagen/07hagen.html

Hall, Susan. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Enhancing Scholarly Communication and the Graduate Student Experience." Science & Technology Libraries 22, no. 3/4 (2002): 51-58.

Hall, Susan L., Lona Hoover, and Robert E. Wolverton, Jr.. "Administration of Electronic Theses/Dissertations Programs: A Survey of U.S. Institutions." Technical Services Quarterly 22, no. 3 (2005): 1-17.

———. "Publishing Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Reconfiguring Library Services." Technical Services Quarterly 21, no. 2 (2003): 63-70.

Hoover, Lona, and Robert E. Wolverton, Jr. "Cataloging and Treatment of Theses, Dissertations, and ETDs." Technical Services Quarterly 20, no. 4 (2003): 3-57.

Jewell, Christine, William Oldfield, and Sharon Reeves. "University of Waterloo Electronic Theses: Issues and Partnerships." Library Hi Tech 24, no. 2 (2006): 183-196.

Jin, Yi. "The Development of the China Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations." Online Information Review 28, no. 5 (2004): 367-370.

Jones, Richard. "DSpace vs. ETD-db: Choosing Software to Manage Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Ariadne, no. 38 (2004). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue38/jones/

———. "The Tapir: Adding E-Theses Functionality to DSpace." Ariadne, no. 41 (2004). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue41/jones/

Jones, Richard, and Theo Andrew. "Open Access, Open Source and E-Theses: The Development of the Edinburgh Research Archive." Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems 39, no. 3 (2005): 198-212. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/811

Jones, Richard, Theo Andrew, and John MacColl. "Case Study: The Edinburgh Research Archive." Edinburgh Research Archive, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/859

Kushkowski, Jeffrey D. "Web Citation by Graduate Students: A Comparison of Print and Electronic Theses." portal: Libraries and the Academy 5, no. 2 (2005): 259-276.

Larivière, Vincent, Alesia Zuccala, and Éric Archambault. "The Declining Scientific Impact of Theses: Implications for Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repositories and Graduate Studies." Scientometrics 74, no. 1 (2008): 109-121.

Lee, Kyiho. "Construction of a Full-Text Database and Service System for Korean Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science & Technology 27, no. 3 (2001): 21-27. http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Mar-01/lee.html#lee

Lippincott, Joan K. "Institutional Strategies and Policies for Electronic Theses and Dissertations." EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research Research Bulletin, no. 13 (2006). http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ECAR/InstitutionalStrategiesan/40145

Lomax, Joanne. "The Work of the University Theses Online Group: Report of a Survey and Seminar." Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems, no. 4 (1997): 377-382.

Lowry, Charles B. "ETDs and Digital Repositories—A Disciplinary Challenge to Open Access?" portal: Libraries & the Academy 6, no. 4 (2006): 387-393. https://drum.umd.edu/dspace/handle/1903/3996

MacColl, John. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Strategy for the UK." Ariadne, no. 32 (2002). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue32/theses-dissertations/

Marcondes, Carlos Henrique, and Luis Fernando Sayao. "Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations." The International Information & Library Review 35, no. 2-4 (2003): 265-279.

McMillan, Gail. "Digital Preservation of Theses and Dissertations through Collaboration." Resource Sharing & Information Networks 17, no. 1/2 (2005): 159-174.

———. "Do ETDs Deter Publishers?" College & Research Libraries News 62, no. 6 (2001): 620-621.

———. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Merging Perspectives." Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 22, no. 3/4 (1996): 105-125.

———. "ETD: Electronic Theses and Dissertations." In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, edited by Miriam Drake, 1034-1040. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003.

———. "Managing Electronic Theses and Dissertations: The Third International Symposium." College & Research Libraries News 61, no. 5 (2000): 413-414.

McMillan, Gail, Ed Fox, and John Eaton. "Evolving Genre of Electronic Theses and Dissertations." In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, edited by Ralph H. Sprague. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1999.

Moxley, Joseph M. "Universities Should Require Electronic Theses and Dissertations." EDUCAUSE Quarterly 24, no. 3 (2001): 61-63. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0139.pdf

Müller, Eva. "E-Theses and the Nordic E-Theses Initiative: The Impact of the Joint Work on the Role of the Library." Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries 16, no. 3/4 (2006): 301-305. http://liber.library.uu.nl/publish/articles/000191/article.pdf

Murthy, T. A. V., V. S. Cholin, and J. K. Vijayakumar. "UGC-Inflibnet Iniatiatives in E-Journal Consortia and Digital Library of Doctoral Theses for Indian Universities." E-LIS, 2005. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005658/

Niederer, Ulrich, Ulrich Weigel, Marie-Pierre Gillieron-Garber, and Karl Bohler. "Electronic Theses: Swiss Perspectives." Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries 10, no. 1 (2000): 51-62.

Park, Eun G., Zou Qing, and David McKnight. "Electronic Thesis Initiative: Pilot Project of McGill University, Montreal." Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems 41, no. 1 (2007): 81-91.

Park, Eun G., Nam Young-Joon, and Oh Sanghee. "Integrated Framework for Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Korean Contexts." Journal of Academic Librarianship 33, no. 3 (2007): 338-346.

Perry, Mark, and Paula Callan. "Legal Protocols and Practices for Managing Copyright in Electronic Theses." QUT ePrints, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00004344/

Phanouriou, Constantinos, Neill A. Kipp, Ohm Sornil, Paul Mather, and Edward A. Fox. "A Digital Library for Authors: Recent Progress of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations." In Proceedings of the Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries, 20-27. New York: ACM Press, 1999. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/33

Proceedings of Eighth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD Document Archive: 2005. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/6

Proceedings of Fifth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD Document Archive: 2002. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/13

Proceedings of Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD Document Archive: 2001. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/14

Proceedings of Nineth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD Document Archive: 2006. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/5

Proceedings of Seventh International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD Document Archive: 2004. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/7

Proceedings of Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD Document Archive: 2003. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/10

Proceedings of Tenth International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD Document Archive: 2007. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/217

Proceedings of Third International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD Document Archive: 2000. http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/handle/2340/15/

Reeves, Sharon, John Hagen, and Christine Jewell. "Unlocking Scholarly Access: ETDs, Institutional Repositories and Creators: Highlights of ETD 2006, the 9th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Library Hi Tech News 23, no. 7 (2006): 12-15.

Russell, Jill. "EThOS: Progress Towards an Electronic Thesis Service for the UK." Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community 19, no. 1 (2006): 32-36. http://eprints.bham.ac.uk/6/

———. "EThOSnet: Building a UK e-Theses Community." Ariadne, no. 52 (2007). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue52/russell/

Sale, Arthur. "The Impact of Mandatory Policies on ETD Acquisition." D-Lib Magazine 12, no. 4 (2006). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april06/sale/04sale.html

———. "Unifying ETD with Open Access Repositories." UTAS ePrints, 2005. http://eprints.utas.edu.au/202/

Seamans, Nancy H. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations as Prior Publications: What the Editors Say." Library Hi Tech 21, no. 1 (2003): 56-61.

Soete, George J. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Transforming Libraries, no. 7 (1998). http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec-236-flyer.pdf

Southwick, Sílvia Barcellos. "The Brazilian Electronic Theses and Dissertations Digital Library: Providing Open Access for Scholarly Information." Ciência da Informação 35, no. 2 (2006). http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-19652006000200011

Suber, Peter. "Open Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)." SPARC Open Access Newsletter, no. 99 (2006). http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/07-02-06.htm#etds

Suleman, Hussein, Anthony Atkins, Marcos A. Gonçalves, Robert K. France, Edward A. Fox, Vinod Chachra, Murray Crowder, and Jeff Young. "Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations: Bridging the Gaps for Global Access—Part 1: Mission and Progress." D-Lib Magazine 7, no. 9 (2001). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september01/suleman/09suleman-pt1.html

Suleman, Hussein, Anthony Atkins, Marcos A. Goncalves, Robert K. France, Edward A. Fox, Vinod Chachra, Murray Crowder, and Jeff Young. "Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations: Bridging the Gaps for Global Access—Part 2: Services and Research." D-Lib Magazine 7, no. 9 (2001). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september01/suleman/09suleman-pt2.html

Suleman, Hussein, and Edward A. Fox. "Leveraging OAI Harvesting to Disseminate Theses." Library Hi Tech 21, no. 2 (2003): 219-227.

Surratt, Brian E. "ETD Release Policies in American ARL Institutions: A Preliminary Study." Texas A&M Digital Library, 2005. http://txspace.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/2483

Surratt, Brian E., and Dustin Hill. "ETD2MARC: A Semiautomated Workflow for Cataloging Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 28, no. 2 (2004): 205-223. http://repository.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/588

Susan, Hall, Hoover Lona, and E. Wolverton Robert, Jr. "Administration of Electronic Theses/Dissertations Programs: A Survey of U.S. Institutions." Technical Services Quarterly 22, no. 3 (2005): 1-17.

Tennant, Roy. "Accessing Electronic Theses: Progress?" Library Journal, 15 May 2000, 30-31. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA156517.html

Teper, Thomas H., and Beth Kraemer. "Long-Term Retention of Electronic Theses and Dissertations." College & Research Libraries 63, no. 1 (2002): 61-72. http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crljournal/backissues2002b/january02/teper.pdf

Thompson, Larry A. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations at Virginia Tech." Science & Technology Libraries 20, no. 1 (2001): 87-101.

Troman, Anthony, Neil Jacobs, and Susan Copeland. "A New Electronic Service for UK Theses: Access Transformed by EThOS." Interlending & Document Supply 35, no. 3 (2007): 157-163.

Ubogu, Felix N. "Spreading the ETD Gospel: A Southern Africa Perspective." International Information & Library Review 33, no. 2/3 (2001): 249-259.

Urs, Shalini R., and K.S. Raghavan. "Vidyanidhi: Indian Digital Library of Electronic Theses." Communications of the ACM 44, no. 5 (2001): 88-89.

Vijayakumar, J. K., H. G. Hosamani, and T. A. V. Murthy. "Regulation of Doctoral Research in Universities: Importance of INFdLIBNET Online Doctoral Theses Database." E-LIS, 2005. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005666/

Vijayakumar, J. K., and T. A. V. Murthy. "Need of a Digital Library for Indian Theses and Dissertations: A Model on Par with the ETD Initiatives at International Level." E-LIS, 2001. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005655/

Vijayakumar, J. K., T. A. V. Murthy, and M. T. M. Khan. "Accessing Indian University Research Literature: Importance of ETDs in the Verge of UGC-InfoNet." E-LIS, 2004. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005660/

———. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations and Academia: A Preliminary Study From India." Journal of Academic Librarianship 33, no. 3 (2007): 417-421.

———. "Experimenting with a Model Digital Library of ETDs for Indian Universities Using D-Space." Library Philosophy and Practice 9, no. 1 (2006): 1-17. http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/vijayakumar.htm

———. "Indian Academia on Copyright and IPR issues of Electronic Theses and Dissertations." E-LIS, 2005. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005657/

———. "Introducing Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Universities: An Indian Perspective." E-LIS, 2005. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005670/

Vijayakumar, J. K., and Manju Vijayakumar. "Importance of Doctoral Theses and Its Access: A Literature Analysis." The Grey Journal: An International Journal on Grey Literature 3, no. 2 (2007): 67-75.

Weisser, Christian, John Baker, and Janice R. Walker. "Problems and Possibilities of Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine (November 1997). http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1997/nov/etds.html

Weisser, Christian, and Janice R. Walker. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Digitizing Scholarship for Its Own Sake." The Journal of Electronic Publishing 3, no. 2 (1997). http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0003.209

Young, Jeffrey R. "Requiring Theses in Digital Form: The First Year at Virginia Tech." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 February 1998, A29-A31. http://chronicle.com/data/articles.dir/art-44.dir/issue-23.dir/23a02901.htm

Zhang, Yin, and Kyiho Lee. "Features and Uses of a Multilingual Full-Text Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDS) System." In National Online Meeting 2001: Proceedings of the 22nd National Online Meeting, New York, May 15-17, 2001, edited by Martha E. Williams, 555-566. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2001.

Zhang, Yin, Kyiho Lee, and Bum-Jong You. "Usage Patterns of an Electronic Theses and Dissertations System." Online Information Review 25, no. 6 (2001): 370-377.

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