“Added values to e‐theses” – ETD 2007 Symposium at Uppsala University, Sweden: A Summary Report

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this report is to outline‐few selected presentations of the ETD 2007 symposium based on the main theme “Added values to e‐theses” and highlight major events of the symposium held at Uppsala library, Sweden, during 13‐16 June 2007.

Design/methodology/approach

Conference report.

Findings

The four‐day meeting provided unique opportunity to professional librarians, academicians and other stakeholders of ETDs to explore the collaborative agenda emerged due to the changes in scholarly communication, long‐term digital preservation, ETD repository development and open access movement.

Originality value

The author, who was also a speaker, provides an overview of the ETD 2007 international symposium, which carried out a variety of program viz. keynote and plenary sessions, paper presentations, poster sessions and local sight seeing tours to national museum, Linnaeus garden and libraries at Uppsala.

Citation

Ghosh, M. (2007), "“Added values to e‐theses” – ETD 2007 Symposium at Uppsala University, Sweden: A Summary Report", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 24 No. 6, pp. 23-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050710823292