What are the benefits or advantages of ETDs over traditional (hard-copy) manuscripts?
• Broader exposure of graduate student research through greater accessibility; • Opportunities to use new forms of creative scholarship through use of interactive elements, multimedia, hyperlinks, etc.; • Ability to have a hyperlink to the thesis/dissertation on homepages and electronic CVs; • Professional development experience for graduate students as they learn the basic skills of scholarly publishing in an electronic format; • Conservation of paper and library storage space; • Theses and dissertations more immediately accessible: publication occurs near point of submission rather than many months later; and • The option to have theses or dissertations accessible to any potential reader every day at any time.
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