Electronic submission, storage, and dissemination of student theses and dissertations are growing more common in universities and colleges. For many libraries, ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) are the first targets for an institutional repository program, and represent an opportunity to engage graduate students and their faculty advisors in broader conversation about open access, intellectual property management, long-term management of digital content, and other scholarly communication issues. This article is authored by Richard Fyffe and William C. Welburn. Fyffe is Rosenthal librarian of the college at Grinnell College, and Welburn is associate dean of the graduate college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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