The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) consortium is pleased to announce this year's award winners. The awards recognize students who have written exemplary electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). These ETDs demonstrate new dimensions of scholarship being explored by individuals who have made significant contributions to the worldwide ETD movement.

The Awards Program includes several categories of appreciation. The Innovative ETD Award recognizes student efforts to transform the genre of the print dissertation through the use of innovative software to create cutting edge ETDs. Use of renderings, photos, video and other multimedia objects that are included in the electronic document were considered as part of the innovation of the work. The Innovative Learning through ETDs Award recognizes a student whose professional life has been enhanced by the ETD process. Finally, the ETD Leadership Award recognizes members of the university community whose leadership and vision has helped raise awareness of the benefits of ETDs, and whose efforts have improved graduate education through the use of ETDs. The awards will be presented at the ETD 2004 Symposium, to be held this year at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, U.S.A., June 3rd - 5th.

ETD Award Winners

Innovative ETD (pdf format)

Benjamin D. Koen / Devotional music and healing in Badakhshan, Tajikistan: preventive and curative practices. Doctor of Philosophy (Music) Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
File description: 19 files (PDF, WAV).
URL: http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=osu1059673277

Innovative ETD (open format)

Hilary Attfield / The Future of Electronic Editing: Theory and Practice. Doctor of Education (Technology Education), West Virginia University, U.S.A.
File description: 236 files (HTML, SGML, JPEG).
URL: https://eidr.wvu.edu/eidr/documentdata.eIDR?documentid=2851

ETD Leadership

Edward Fox. Professor Computer Science / NDLTD Director, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. Dr. Fox is founder of the NDLTD Consortium.
URL: http://www.ndltd.org/

Ana Pavani. Professor of Electrical Engineering, Catholic Pontificate University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Pavani lead the way to ETDs in Brazil India with the multilingual Latin American University consortium and system.
URL: http://www.etdguide.org/content/5.1%20%20ISTEC.htm

Shalini Urs. Professor of Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, India. Dr. Urs lead the way to ETDs in India with the multilingual "Vidyanidhi" Indian University consortium and system.
URL: http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/home/index.asp

The NDLTD wishes to express its sincere gratitude for the generous sponsorship of the ETD Awards Program by Adobe Systems, Inc. Additional information about the NDLTD is available at http://www.ndltd.org/

5 June 2004
John Hagen, NDLTD Board Member and Awards Committee Chair