UAEU Libraries at the United Arab Emirates University will again host the international ETD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) Conference in 2021, 24^th in the NDLTD series.

News UPDATE

• Virtual conference on November 16^th and 17^th, 2021 with pre- and post-conference workshops on November 15^th, 18^th and 20^th

• Free Conference Registration – is open now!! (Click Here) 
• Online networking sessions in a variety of time zones to suit your region – Americas; Europe, Africa and Middle East; Asia Pacific.

New Timeline for ETD2021

The Call for Papers for ETD2021 UAE will be extended to allow your participation:

• 1^st August: Submit an Expression of Interest: - Provide name, affiliation and contact details including your location, and topic or field of interest. Send this as an electronic mail message with Subject “ETD2021 Interest” to ETD@uaeu.ac.ae
• 15^th August: Submit abstract for peer review (700-1,000 words, plus references).
• 6^th September: Review returned, and when appropriate, an invitation to submit a full conference paper.
• 12^th of November submission of presentations  PPT slides, and recorded presentation.  There is no requirement to submit a full paper manuscript for the conference.  All authors will be formally invited to submit final paper manuscripts, post conference to publish in the J-ETD journal.
• Registration is open now for all interested ETD Delegates (Click Here).  

The conference theme, ‘Open scholarship in a post-pandemic world’ is an opportunity to re-ignite global open scholarship after the period of the pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions.

We invite papers and presentations, especially on the following topics:

• Open scholarship - advocacy and uptake;
• Global discoverability of research findings in an increasingly virtual world;
• Identifying and aggregating digital repositories of theses and dissertations;
• Technical and policy issues for electronic theses and dissertations