Thursday, April 04, 2013

Open Access Theses and Dissertations

OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 600 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.  URL: http://oatd.org/ 

Additional sources: LibGuide on ETDs http://libguides.kaust.edu.sa/etd

Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy

Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment. URL: http://acrl.ala.org/intersections/

A white paper published by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), explores and articulates three intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy. The paper also provides strategies for librarians from different backgrounds to initiate collaborations within their own campus environments between information literacy and scholarly communication.