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How We Stopped Charging Students To Submit Etds: Case Study Of A Five-Year Odyssey, Gregory Wiedeman, Emily Kilcer

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

In 2019, the Graduate School at the University at Albany, State University of New York wrote to the University Libraries about the processing of archival copies of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), hoping to reduce or eliminate deposit fees for authors. Interested library faculty and staff self-assembled into a project team and found that the university’s switch in 2008 to a born-digital submission workflow provided by an external vendor was deeply flawed as a service, and unnecessarily costly to student authors. Later, in 2013, the Libraries established an open access institutional repository (IR), which had the potential to support a …

Thoughts From The Frontline - March 2025, Tennessee Center For Nursing Advancement, East Tennessee State University

Thoughts from the Frontline Newsletter

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2025 February 27 - Academic Council Agenda And Minutes, Academic Council, East Tennessee State University

Academic Council Agenda and Minutes

No abstract provided.

2025 February 26 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

2025 February 24 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2025 February 21 - Academic, Research, And Student Success Committee Agenda And Minutes, Board Of Trustees, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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2025 February 21 - Board Of Trustees Public Notice, Board Of Trustees, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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2025 February 21 - Audit Committee Agenda And Minutes, Board Of Trustees, East Tennessee State University

Board of Trustees Agendas and Minutes

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2025 February 18 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

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2025 February 13 - Academic Council Agenda And Minutes, Academic Council, East Tennessee State University

Academic Council Agenda and Minutes

No abstract provided.

2025 February 12 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

2025 February 10 - University Council Agenda And Minutes, University Council, East Tennessee State University

University Council Agendas and Minutes

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2025 February 10 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2025 February 6 - From My Notepads Newsletter, Office Of The President, East Tennessee State University, Brian Noland

From My Notepads: A Newsletter from President Brian Noland

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Thoughts From The Frontline - February 2025, Tennessee Center For Nursing Advancement, East Tennessee State University

Thoughts from the Frontline Newsletter

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“It Is Such A Hidden Curriculum Thing”: Graduate Students’ Perceptions Of Publishing, Christy Caldwell, Martha Stuit, Lucia Orlando

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

Becoming published authors presents a learning curve for graduate students. Publishing literacy is part of the hidden curriculum of graduate school because publishing is generally not taught consistently but more commonly through ad hoc conversations with advisors, advice from peers, and the occasional workshop. Our study surveyed graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) who had already published or were expecting to publish journal articles. Survey questions asked students about the publishing process, defined by us as the stage of the post-writing process when a manuscript is ready to publish. Our data demonstrate that publishing expectations are …

2025 January 27 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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Investigating The Lived Experiences Of Graduate Students At The University Of New Mexico, Holly M. Surbaugh, Olivia Baca, Liz Cooper, Mark Emmons, Teresa Y. Neely

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

Researchers at the University of New Mexico used a modified critical incident technique study to explore the lived experiences of graduate students in their roles as students, researchers, and teachers. The authors interviewed 20 graduate students in 2022 and then evaluated transcribed responses through two stages of qualitative coding. The students described their multiple roles during their graduate programs and the support they seek for their academic success and overall lives, along with common themes of struggling to secure adequate resources, both financial and social. Analysis of their responses will help align practitioner strategies and library service offerings with their …

From Africa To Appalachia: The Tie That Binds, The Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University

The Reece Museum Exhibition Publications

The Reece Museum is home to a communal collection of artifacts that help us remember and retell stories that are important to our identities as a community. The objects we choose to collect, display, and research act as historical documents that form the foundation of the lore that comprises our living narratives, which are “ever evolving, out of the stories of our most recent ancestors” (Bastet and Houlbrook 2023, 188). The movement of collections from personal stories and belongings into collective and institutional artifacts is something I spend a lot of time thinking about.

I learned to enjoy collecting from …

2025 January 21 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

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2025 January 13 - Staff Senate Agenda And Minutes, Staff Senate, East Tennessee State University

Staff Senate Agendas and Minutes

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2025 January 13 - University Council Agenda And Minutes, University Council, East Tennessee State University

University Council Agendas and Minutes

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Let’S Get Digital: Retrospective Digitization Of Etds For An Institutional Repository, Marc Jaffy

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

Franklin University Library conducted a retrospective digitization project to make a collection of education master’s theses available in its institutional repository. Digitizing bound theses and dissertations to make them available in an institutional repository benefits the institutional repository, the university, the student authors of the works, and external researchers. When conducting a retrospective digitization project for theses or dissertations that are protected by copyright, a university library must consider how the students’ copyright in their work affects the library’s ability to digitize the theses or dissertations and make them available in an institutional repository. University libraries should also consider making …

Our Community Chimes In, Corinne Bishop, Wendy Doucette

Journal of Graduate Librarianship

In this edition of Practitioner Panel, we share comments from the graduate librarian community about key research skills librarians cover when providing course instruction, workshops, and research consultations; types of training offered for new faculty, adjuncts, and graduate teaching assistants; and some AI tools librarians are currently using and strategies for discussing AI use with graduate students. (Some responses have been very lightly edited for typos or clarity.)

After the questions and answers, we present overviews of two notable resources, adapted from responses to our Spring 2024 call for information about conference presentations pertinent to graduate librarianship. While we did …

Laboratory Exercises For Biol 1011 (Biology For Non-Majors Laboratory), Larry Bowman Baranowski

Open Educational Resources

Laboratory Exercises for BIOL 1011 (Biology for Non-majors Laboratory) provides three laboratory exercises: Climate Change Lab, Species Extinction Lab, and Genetically Modified Organisms Lab.

The Mockingbird - 2025, Department Of Art And Design, East Tennessee State University, Department Of Literature And Language, East Tennessee State University

The Mockingbird [magazine]

• 9: Editor’s Note – Briana Presley & Erika Perez Cortazar
• 11: appalachia forever – AQ Hanna
• 12: To the Little Pink Schoolhouse – Raylee McKenzie
• 14: 423 – AQ Hanna Winner of the Mockingbird Prize for Nonfiction
• 18: Chicken Liver Surprise – Alexander Brown Winner of the Mockingbird Prize for Poetry
• 20: Amanecer de hígado de pollo (Spanish translation by Adrian Band-Villaronga and Savannah Ledford) – Alexander Brown
• 22: On Childhood – Hayden Cogdell
• 29: bourbon & branch whiskeys, a collaboration with my mother – TaKya Hughes
• 31: The Remaking of Mrs. Brown – DominiqueSnedeker
• 43: Appalachian Women – Caitlyn …

Etsu At-A-Glance - 2023-2024, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU At-a-Glance

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2025 - University Council Membership, University Council, East Tennessee State University

University Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Gattonrx Magazine - 2025, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University

GattonRX Magazine

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Etsu Today - Winter 2025, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

It is no exaggeration to say that Appalachia is one of the most vibrant and complex regions in America. Often overlooked, underestimated, and misunderstood, Appalachian communities are both incredibly resilient and uniquely vulnerable. The rugged and ancient mountain range for which the region is named inspires a deep connection to the land that is increasingly uncommon in modern society. A place of breathtaking, rough-hewn beauty, Appalachia has long inspired poets and artists who have cultivated a profoundly soulful artistic legacy. Far from the homogeneous stereotype often portrayed in the media, Appalachia is home to a vibrant culture, history, and experience …