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I am contacting you on behalf of the NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (http://www.ndltd.org/) and the MetaArchive Cooperative (http://www.metaarchive.org/) for help in gauging the digital library community's interest in establishing a preservation network specifically for electronic theses and dissertations. Because many universities are now welcoming or requiring ETDs, academic institutions must ensure that the digital files will be as available and enduring as their bound print volumes have been. To this end, we must begin to develop consistent, standardized, and distributed preservation systems for these institutional resources. We have a 14-question (multiple choice and brief answer) survey designed to help us determine how widespread the interest may be in participating in an ETD-specific preservation network, and what level of participation institutions may wish to have in such a network. Please participate in this 10-minute Digital Preservation of ETDs Survey at http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/surveys/. You may remain anonymous or provide your contact information. The responses are compiled as each survey is completed and you may view the results at the same URL. Thank you for helping address long-term digital preservation of ETDs. On behalf of the NDLTD and the MetaArchive Cooperative Gail McMillan (Director, Digital Library and Archives, Virginia Tech) Martin Halbert (Director of Digital Programs and Systems, Emory University)