<div dir="ltr">[Forwarded message from <b class="gmail_sendername">John Hagen</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:John.Hagen@renaissance-scholar.com">John.Hagen@renaissance-scholar.com</a>>] </span><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Registration has been extended to July 1st for the ETD2017 Symposium. The Early-bird rate is only $99 (developing countries) or $199 for the rest of the world. The hotel conference rate is $179 per night (includes breakfast). Complete registration information is available <a href="http://www.usetda.org/usetda-conferences/etd2017/registration-information/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">online</a>.</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">ETD2017, the 20<sup>th</sup> international symposium on electronic theses and dissertations will be held August 7 – 9, 2017 at the <a href="http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/en/hotels/district-of-columbia/embassy-suites-by-hilton-washington-dc-convention-center-WASCCES/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">Embassy Suites Hotel</a> in Washington, D.C. The conference will be hosted by George Mason University with additional support from Washington Research Library Consortium members and co-organized by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (<a href="http://www.ndltd.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">NDLTD</a>) and the United States Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (<a href="http://www.usetda.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">USETDA</a>).</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">ETD2017 will provide excellent educational opportunities for professionals from graduate schools, libraries, academic computing and others who work with electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), institutional repositories, graduate students and scholarly communications. Our goal is to offer relevant, practice-oriented content to support ETD productivity improvement, ETD professionals, advance ETD operations and encourage the formation of regional ETD associations and networking communities as well as to provide useful and innovative resources, standards, and technology for the development and support of ETD programs.</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px"><img class="m_-7979120939792979774gmail-m_4564152655348944164gmail-m_-3283504475654053577gmail-alignleft m_-7979120939792979774gmail-m_4564152655348944164gmail-m_-3283504475654053577gmail-wp-image-4953 m_-7979120939792979774gmail-m_4564152655348944164gmail-CToWUd m_-7979120939792979774gmail-m_4564152655348944164gmail-a6T m_-7979120939792979774gmail-CToWUd m_-7979120939792979774gmail-a6T" src="http://www.usetda.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CliffLynch-274x300.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="192" style="padding:0px;max-width:100%;float:left;margin:0px 7px 2px 0px;display:inline">This year’s program includes <strong>keynote speaker Clifford Lynch, CNI Executive Director. </strong><a href="https://www.cni.org/about-cni/staff/clifford-a-lynch" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">Clifford Lynch</a> has led the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) since 1997. CNI, jointly sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, includes about 200 member organizations concerned with the intelligent uses of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual life. CNI’s wide-ranging agenda includes work in digital preservation, data intensive scholarship, teaching, learning and technology, and infrastructure and standards development.</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Cliff Lynch is a well-known and sought-after speaker on topics such as library research, the future of digital libraries and how technology impacts librarianship. In his keynote address “Re-thinking Institutional Repositories and Evolving Ideas about ETDs” Lynch will talk about the role of institutional repositories and ETDs, critical assessments and directions for the future.</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">The full program includes 3 <a href="http://www.usetda.org/usetda-conferences/etd2017/workshops/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">workshops</a>, 35 breakout presentations (26 brief and 9 extended presentations) including user group meetings, plenary sessions, a poster presentation session, a technology vendor fair as well as a variety of networking opportunities. You can view the list of presentations in the <a href="http://www.ocs.usetda.org/index.php/NDLTD/ETD2017/schedConf/presentations" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">Conference Proceedings</a> (No<wbr>te: presentations and papers will be made available at conference time). For an overview of the conference activities visit our <a href="http://www.ocs.usetda.org/index.php/NDLTD/ETD2017/schedConf/program" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">Program Overview</a> Webpage.</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Before, during and after the conference you can enjoy and experience the many facets of Washington, DC. For tour and entertainment ideas visit our <a href="http://www.usetda.org/usetda-conferences/etd2017/welcome-to-washington-dc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">Welcome to Washington, DC</a> Webpage.</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn more and share your experiences with colleagues at ETD2017! To register visit our <a href="http://greenarrow.123signup9.com/click.php/e6870/h587440/s355bff5fd8/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">registration</a> Web page.</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">We hope to see you in Washington, DC at ETD2017.</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">Kind Regards,</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px">ETD2017 Conference Planning Committee</p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px"><img class="m_-7979120939792979774gmail-m_4564152655348944164gmail-m_-3283504475654053577gmail-aligncenter m_-7979120939792979774gmail-m_4564152655348944164gmail-m_-3283504475654053577gmail-wp-image-4957 m_-7979120939792979774gmail-m_4564152655348944164gmail-CToWUd m_-7979120939792979774gmail-m_4564152655348944164gmail-a6T m_-7979120939792979774gmail-CToWUd m_-7979120939792979774gmail-a6T" src="http://www.usetda.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Washington-DC-Skyline-1024x320.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="188" style="padding:0px;max-width:100%;display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"></p><p style="margin:11px 0px;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px"><a href="http://www.usetda.org/usetda-conferences/etd2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,187);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none" target="_blank">ETD2017</a></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-7979120939792979774gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B5mKgden-uR6YllwbEhtWEdtMlk&export=download" width="420" height="65"><br></div>United States Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (USETDA)<div><div>PO Box 97</div><div>Collinsville, OH 45004</div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.usetda.org/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><b>www.usetda.org/</b></a><br></div></div></div></div><div class="m_-7979120939792979774gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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