Unlocking Scholarly Access: ETDs, Institutional Repositories and Creators: Highlights of ETD 2006, the 9th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

Purpose

To report on the 9th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) held at the Universite Laval in Quebec City.

Design/methodology/approach

A review of the main activities of the symposium.

Findings

Building on the successes of previous ETD symposia, the content presented at this one demonstrated how the ETD has matured and captured the attention of the higher education communities worldwide. With more organizational interest in the growing Institutional Repository movement, the links between ETDs and institutional repositories is not only natural but well positioned as open access and archival preservation techniques become common in electronic and scholarly publishing.

Originality/value

A piece that of value to all involved with information management.

Citation

Reeves, S., Hagen, J. and Jewell, C. (2006), "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, Vol. 23 No. 7, pp. 12-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050610704303