West
Virginia University doctoral graduate Hilary Attfield has been declared
the winner of the "Most Innovative
ETD Award" in an international competition presented by the Networked
Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, a consortium of over 200
Universities worldwide.
According to NDLTD Board
member and WVU ETD Program Coordinator John H. Hagen,
"Electronic theses and
dissertations submitted for this award represent student efforts to
transform the genre of the print dissertation through the use of ETDs.
This award recognizes innovative use of software to create "cutting
edge" ETDs. Use of renderings, photos and other multimedia objects
that are included in the document were considered as part of the
innovation of the work. The award includes a $400 cash prize, conference
travel expenses paid, and an honorable mention at the ETD 2004
Symposium, to be held this year at the University of Kentucky, June 3rd
- 5th. We are very proud that a WVU Alum has received this
considerable recognition."
Attfield, a graduate of the
WVU College of Human Resources and Education - Technology Education
program, developed a multimedia dissertation making use of the West
Virginia University Libraries' Regional History Archives. Her dissertation
titled The Future of Electronic Editing: Theory and Practice
presents a lecture on John Brown by "Porte Crayon" alias, David
Hunter Strother which features an annotated edition with primary
materials. She investigates the theory and practice of editing as it moves
into the electronic era. Her seminal work discusses the new issues that
confront literary editors working with electronic media. Attfield is
currently an editor for the WVU Press.
Access to Attfield's
electronic dissertation is available online at:
https://eidr.wvu.edu/eidr/documentdata.eIDR?documentid=2851
A video recording of Attfield's acceptance
speech is also available online at
www.wvu.edu/~thesis/News/etd_award_attfield.mpg
WVU was the 2nd institution in the world to
require ETD submission in 1998. WVU
graduate research documents are now are accessed on the Web millions of times per
year by academia, industry, government and the public from over 100
countries. ETDs are part of a
growing trend of technological development that is transforming economies
by providing access to research results to the world while bringing
reciprocal investment back to the local level.
For
more information contact John Hagen at (304) 293-4040, ext. 4025 or see www.wvu.edu/~thesis.
Morgantown, WV / 14 June 2004
WVU Grad Wins Best ETD Award