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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Dear Colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Registration is now open for the ETD 2018 Symposium.
Complete registration information is available online at </FONT><A
href="https://etd2018.ncl.edu.tw/en/registration"><FONT
face=Calibri>https://etd2018.ncl.edu.tw/en/registration</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>ETD 2018, the 21st international symposium on electronic
theses and dissertations will be held September 26-28, 2018 at the National
Central Library, Taiwan. The conference is initiated by The Networked Digital
Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), and is hosted by National Central
Library with additional support from the Library Association of the Republic of
China (LAC) and the Interlibrary Cooperation Association (ILCA).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>ETD 2018 will provide excellent educational
opportunities for professionals from graduate schools, libraries, academic
computing and others who work with electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs),
institutional repositories, graduate students and scholarly communications. Our
goal is to offer relevant, practice-oriented content to support ETD productivity
improvement, ETD professionals, advance ETD operations and encourage the
formation of regional ETD associations and networking communities as well as to
provide useful and innovative resources, standards, and technology for the
development and support of ETD programs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>This year’s program includes 4 plenary sessions, 3 penal
sessions, 33 breakout presentations, also includes user group meeting of ETD
consortium in Taiwan, a poster presentation session, a technology vendor fair as
well as a variety of networking opportunities. For an overview of the conference
activities visit our Program Overview Webpage at </FONT><A
href="https://etd2018.ncl.edu.tw/en/important-info/program"><FONT
face=Calibri>https://etd2018.ncl.edu.tw/en/important-info/program</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>For plenary speeches, we have invited speakers from the
U.S, Slovenia, Australia, Singapore and India, to share their knowledge and
experience of institutional repositories and ETDs. We are especially honor to
invite Edward A. Fox, Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, also the
Executive Director of NCLTD. In his speech address “Applications of Big Data
Analysis for the Worldwide Collection of ETDs” Edward will talk about how “big
data” collection could support a broad range of applications, aiding students,
researchers, scholars, sponsors, administrators, librarians, archivists, and
others interested in this vast body of knowledge. For more information about the
speakers, visit our webpage at </FONT><A
href="https://etd2018.ncl.edu.tw/en/important-info/keynote-speakers"><FONT
face=Calibri>https://etd2018.ncl.edu.tw/en/important-info/keynote-speakers</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>After the conference, you can join the complimentary
tour which takes you to visit Yilan, a beautiful town near Taipei. Also, you can
enjoy and experience the many facets of Taipei City. For tour and entertainment
ideas visit our webpage at </FONT><A
href="https://etd2018.ncl.edu.tw/en/complimentary-trip/about-taiwan"><FONT
face=Calibri>https://etd2018.ncl.edu.tw/en/complimentary-trip/about-taiwan</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn more
and share your experiences with colleagues at ETD 2018! To register visit our
registration information Web page.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>We hope to see you in Taiwan at ETD 2018.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Kind Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>ETD 2018 Conference Organizing Committee </FONT></DIV>
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