McMillan, GailFox, Edward A.Srinivasan, Venkat2011-07-292011-07-292009Fox, Edward A., Gail McMillan, and Venkat Srinivasan. "Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Progress, Issues, and Prospects," in Putting Knowledge to Work and Letting Information Play: The Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Timothy W. Luke and Jeremy Hunsinger, eds. Blacksburg, VA: CDDC, Virginia Tech, 2009 (126-148).978-1-933217-00-0http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9198Chapter 7ETDs form an important component of global scholarship and research output. Many universities around the world require, accept, or at least encourage students to submit their theses and dissertations electronically. The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), which promotes ETD activities worldwide, now has over 779,000 ETDs accessible through its Union Catalog, run by Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Other NDLTD partners provide powerful tools for searching, browsing, and visualization...en-USIn CopyrightETDsInternet in higher educationElectronic Theses and Dissertations: Progress, Issues, and ProspectsBook chapter