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Call for Papers 
 
The Electronic Theses and Dissertations Sourcebook 
 
Innovative research universities are now requiring ETDs--electronic theses 
and dissertations.  Within the next decade, universities worldwide will 
require ETDs.  As this newest form of scholarship emerges, graduate 
students, educators, and administrators need a reference book to help 
demystify the theoretical and technical underpinnings of electronic theses 
and dissertations. 
 
We are seeking proposals for 15-25 page articles that address the issues 
and possibilities surrounding this emerging form of research and 
scholarship.  Topics might include, but are not limited to, the following 
questions: 
 
*How might electronic publication of theses and dissertations change views 
on scholarship? 
 
*With greater access to non-traditionally published scholarship, how 
might/should current copyright laws change to protect intellectual 
property? 
 
*What strategic moves can universites make to efficiently institutionalize 
ETDs? 
 
*Should  active links in ETDs to URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) outside 
the text be permitted, or should ETDs contain internal links only? 
 
*How might graphics, hypermedia, and other non-text components of 
electronic publications change our conceptions of dissertations? 
 
 
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS 
 
September 1, 1997--Submit 1 page proposals.  Include a 50 word byline 
with your submission. 
 
December 15, 1997--Submit essay in duplicate.  Include disk with two 
files, one in rtf (or text) and one in Word Perfect. 
 
 
Editors: Christian R. Weisser ([log in to unmask])  and Joseph M. 
Moxley ([log in to unmask]) 
 
University of South Florida 
Department of English 
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CPR 356 
Tampa, Fl 33620 
(813) 974-9522 
 
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