ABSTRACT
In past essays on the subject of electronic theses and dissertations, I have explored why universities should require ETDs for graduation (“Universities Should”), analyzed new ETD genres (“Graduate Education”), suggested research opportunities for scholars and researchers interested in new media scholarship, information literacy, and digital libraries (“New Media”), explored why American universities are falling behind other research universities world wide (“Academic Scholarship”), presented FAQs related to ETD efforts (“ETDs at USF”), and suggested ways in which rhetoricians and compositionists can contribute to ETD efforts (“Dissertating”). In addition, I helped edit and manage The Guide for Electronic Theses and Dissertations, an online resource published by UNESCO. All of these past essays, proposals, and online works have been designed to convince faculty and university administrators that they should adopt mandatory ETDs, mentor their students to author ETDs, and become involved in ETD initiatives as mentors and researchers.
