A Bid to Host The 7th International Symposium on Electronic Theses

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A Bid to HostThe 7th International Symposium
on Electronic Theses Dissertations ETD 2004
at the University of Kentucky
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Welcome!

• The University of Kentucky is a
  comprehensive, public, land grant university
  dedicated to preparing students for an
  increasingly diverse and technological world, and
  to improving the lives of people in the
  Commonwealth, the nation, and the world through
  teaching, research, and service.

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UK Graduate Education

• UK offers advanced study in 90 program areas.
• Doctoral degrees are awarded in 56 fields, and
  master's degrees in 94 fields. There are also 3
  specialist degrees.
• More than 6,450 graduate students per year are
  enrolled in the programs which are centrally
  administered by the Graduate School.

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ETDs at UK
Pilot project began June, 2000 ETDs optional for
all grad students (required for Dept. of Computer
Science)

• Current projects
• OAI compliance
• Online submission

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Our Vision of ETD 2004

• Location University of Kentucky
• Lexington, KY
• Timing Mid to late May, 2004
• Primary Conference Sponsors
• University Libraries
• School of Library and Information Science
• Conference Organizers
• Suzie Allard and Beth Kraemer
• (brief bios included in information packet)

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Visions of Hosting ETD 2004

• Plenary sessions will be held in the Worsham
  Theatre, which seats 500, or in W.T. Young
  Librarys fully appointed multi-media theater.

A Reception co-sponsored by Commonwealth
technology firms will be held in the
state-of-the-art Young Library.
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• Wireless Networking
• Smart Meeting Rooms

Break-out sessions Smart Classrooms in the new
quarters of the SLIS. Smart Meeting rooms in the
newly-renovated Fine Arts Library.
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Why UK?

• UK is a member of NDLTD.
• UK has participated in ETD 2000, 2001, 2002
  with presenters and attendees.
• UK has an active ETD program.
• UK has a strong interest in supporting graduate
  education through the continued growth of the ETD
  movement.

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UK Libraries

• Ranked 1st in Book Endowment
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute Survey
• Ranked 30th Public Research Library
• Association of Research Libraries/North America
• UK's William T. Young Library provides
  researchers with a premier electronic
  infrastructure. There are 3,000 network ports and
  600 personal computers.

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Interesting Facts about Young

• OC12 ATM backbone
• 3,600 network ports
• 141 miles of data cable
• 60 miles of voice cable
• 4,800 data jacks
• 4,600 voice jacks
• 50 miles of fiber optic cable
• Hands-free roaming telephone reference service
• Laptop loan program
• Wireless network capability
• Video distribution system
• 50 individual workstations on the video system
• 600 personal computers available for patrons and
  staff

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Computing at UK
Partner, National Computational Science
Alliance. Supernode on the
National Technology Grid
Technology-transfer point between the Alliance
and the 19 states which are
part of ESPCoR. Member,
Internet2 development team
University Corporation for Advanced
Internet Development
Member of the Partnership for Advanced
Computational Infrastructure (PACI). This
initiative seeks to establish two regional
supercomputer centers. UK will be the gateway to
the southeast, serving as a liaison with the
Southeastern Universities Research Association
(SURA) to coordinate its mega-networking
plans. .
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Electronic Information Access Management Center
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Computing for Humanities
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More UK Facts

• Located in Lexington, KY
• Population 235,000
• The center of the internationally famous
  Bluegrass area of Kentucky.
• More than 30,900 students
• 11 Colleges
• 5 Professional Schools

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• Lexington
• is a vibrant, interesting city for
  attendees.
• There are excellent restaurants in downtown
  Lexington near the hotels, and there are cultural
  and natural attractions nearby.

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About Lexington

• Central Location
• A day's drive to 75 of the population of the
  United States.
• Strategically located at the intersection of
  interstates 64 and 75.
• Lexington is accessible by air with approximately
  100 direct and nonstop
• flights.

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Length of Flightsto Lexington from major cities

• United States
• Boston 3 hrs
• Dallas 4 hrs
• Denver 4.5 hrs
• Des Moines 3 hrs
• Kansas City 4 hrs
• Little Rock 3.5 hrs
• Los Angeles 6 hrs
• Miami 4 hrs
• Milwaukee 2.5 hrs
• Minneapolis 3.5 hrs
• New Orleans 3.5 hrs
• New York 3.5 hrs
• Orlando 3.5 hrs
• Phoenix 5.5 hrs
• San Antonio 4.5 hrs
• San Francisco 6.5 hrs

• International
• Frankfurt 9 hrs
• London 9 hrs
• Mexico City 5.5 hrs
• Montreal 4 hrs
• Ottawa 4.5 hrs
• Paris 9 hrs
• Rome 7 hrs
• Tokyo 15.5 hrs
• Toronto 3 hrs
• Zurich 8 hrs

AND Major airports in Cincinnati Louisville
are only about an hour drive.
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Accomodations

• Excellent hotels are available at competitive
  prices, and some campus housing will be available
  for those on a tighter budget.

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Attractions
Near-by attractions include Kentucky Horse
Park Mary Todd Lincoln House
Labrot Graham Distillery
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For More Information

• University of Kentucky Links
• University of Kentucky - http//www.uky.edu/
• ETDs at UK - http//www.uky.edu/ETD
• UKs top ten - http//www.uky.edu/ThisIsUK/info
  rmation/topten.htm
• 360 views of campus (iPIX) http//www.uky.edu/Ho
  me/360Views/
• Facilities and Computing Expertise
• UK Researchers Surging Ahead With High-Speed
  Computer Networks article - http//www.ccs.uky.ed
  u/articles.html
• University of Kentucky Research Supercomputing -
  http//www.ccs.uky.edu/rsc/
• Electronic Information Access Management Center
  - http//www.uky.edu/Libraries/EIAMC/
• Research in Computing for Humanities -
  http//www.rch.uky.edu/
• Lexington Links
• Lexington Quick Facts http//www.visitlex.com/q
  uick/facts.html
• Attractions http//www.visitlex.com/quick/attrac
  tions.html

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• We look forward to
• seeing you in
• Lexington in 2004!