TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Electronic theses and dissertation (ETD) symposium is one of the major international activities of Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), and its objectives provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and skills relevant to ETD students, professors and information professionals. This symposium offers an opportunity to put forward innovative plans, debate on ideas and promote closer cooperation internationally. This report is a summary of selected events held during ETD international symposium 2016 on the theme “Data and Dissertations”, with a focus on the handling of research data.Design/methodology/approach It is a concise review of selected presentations during 19th electronic theses and dissertation annual symposium in University of Lille, France.Findings ETD 2016 meeting held in Lille was attended by nearly 100 attendees from 28 countries. This report includes a summary of selected presentations on research data, open-access and embargo policies, augmented ETDs and French system for ETDs. It is useful to managers of organizations, teachers and educators, librarians, open-access protagonists and members of information provider communities. The personal interaction with the participants from different countries enriched the author’s ideas about the ETD development.Originality/value The author, who was also a speaker, provides an overview of the selected presentations on the initiatives, namely, research data development, copyright laws, augmented digital theses, plagiarism, etc. The important events such as sight-seeing tours to a national museum, informal get-together are covered which may be useful to the audience who are not able to attend but interested to know about ETD 2016.
VL  - 33
IS  - 10
SN  - 0741-9058
DO  - 10.1108/LHTN-09-2016-0042
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-09-2016-0042
AU  - Ghosh Maitrayee
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - “Data and dissertations”-ETD 2016@ Université Lille Nord de France
T2  - Library Hi Tech News
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -