Overview of the UNESCO ETD Guide

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Overview of the UNESCO ETD Guide

• Hussein Suleman
• hussein_at_cs.uct.ac.za
• University of Cape Town

Monica Hammes monica.hammes_at_ais.up.ac.za
University of Pretoria
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Introduction

• The ETD Guide was initially funded by UNESCO to
  gather the collected knowledge about ETD
  programmes for sharing with new endeavours all
  over the world
• Multi-lingual (English, Español, )
• Multi-format (PDF, html, )
• Multi-author (too many to mention )

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Convincing management 1/3
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Convincing management 1/3
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Convincing management 2/3
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Convincing management 3/3
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Convincing supervisors 1/3
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Convincing supervisors 2/3
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Convincing supervisors 3/3
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Convincing students
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Developing Policy 1/2
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Developing Policy 2/2
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Writing a Business Plan
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Looking for Funding
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IT Issues 1/2
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IT Issues 2/2
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Regional/National Programmes 1/3
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Regional/National Programmes 2/3
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Regional/National Programmes 3/3
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Student Support
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Considering XML 1/2
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Considering XML 2/2
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OAI and Union Collections
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Status of the Guide

• Translations in multiple languages underway
• Live document! constantly updated with new
  contributions/experiences
• Mechanisms in place for collaboration among
  contributors Wiki/Blog
• Book with similar material currently in press
• Fox, et al. (eds.) Electronic Theses and
  Dissertations A Sourcebook for Educators,
  Students, and Librarians, Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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Thats all Folks!

• direct all questions to
• monica.hammes_at_ais.up.ac.za
• hussein_at_cs.uct.ac.za