The ETD+ project team needs your help!
If you have reviewed and/or used the ETD+ Toolkit, we would greatly appreciate your BRIEF (I promise!) feedback about the modules.
These materials were produced under an IMLS-funded project, "Preservation & Curation of ETD Research Data & Complex Digital Objects".
Please take 2 minutes (promise!) to take the survey below. Your feedback will help us to refine the workshops and report back to our funder about how and where they are being used:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ETDplustoolkit
If you have not looked at the ETD+ Toolkit yet, the links below will take you there!
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Background
The ETD+ Toolkit (https://educopia.org/publications/etdplustoolkit) is an approach to improving student and faculty research output management. Focusing on the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) as a mile-marker in a student’s research trajectory, it provides in-time advice to students and faculty about avoiding common digital loss scenarios for the ETD and all of its affiliated files.
The ETD+ Toolkit provides free introductory training resources on crucial data curation and digital longevity techniques. It has been designed as a training series to help students and faculty identify and offset risks and threats to their digital research footprints.
About the Toolkit
The ETD+ Toolkit is the result of a project (https://educopia.org/research/grants/etdplus) generously funded by the Institute of Library and Museum Services. Educopia Institute led the creation of the Toolkit in partnership with the NDLTD, ProQuest, bepress, and 12 U.S. research libraries.
What it is:
An open set of six modules and evaluation instruments that prepare students to create, store, and maintain their research outputs on durable devices and in durable formats. Each is designed to stand alone; they may also be used as a series.
What each module includes:
Each module includes Learning Objectives, a one-page Handout, a Guidance Brief, a Slideshow with full presenter notes, and an evaluation Survey. Each module is released under a CC-BY license and all elements are openly editable to make reuse as easy as possible.
Who it is for:
Anyone may freely adopt and adapt this toolkit. We especially recommend its use by administrators, faculty, and librarians teaching students and by students seeking practical advice about digital content management.
Katherine Skinner, PhDExecutive Director, Educopia Institute
Working from Greensboro, NC
