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ProQuest ETD Dissemination: Free Dissertation Contribution

Discover how institutions can partner with ProQuest, part of Clarivate to disseminate their graduate research – at no cost – via the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global collection and the Web of Science index. Enhance the prestige of your university by making your work discoverable to over 15 million researchers and connected to a citation network of the top published researchers and citation laureates from around the world.

This webinar will address:
• How PQDT Global and Web of Science ensures discovery of Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs)
• What free methods and processes are available to institutions to contribute their Master’s and Doctoral ETDs to PQDT Global and the Web of Science, regardless of whether universities have an Institutional Repository (IR) or not.
• How graduate student authors can benefit from connecting their work to a global research network
• What usage data is available via ProQuest’s free ETD Dashboard tool, and the insights this can offer


Your Presenters

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Meinhard Kettler
Partnerships Manager
ProQuest Part of Clarivate
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Austin McLean
Sr. Director Partnerships
ProQuest, part of Clarivate
Austin oversees a team that ensures universities have opportunities to maximize the dissemination of their PhD and Master’s Theses through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT Global) database. Austin also works in areas of scholarly communication and digital preservation at ProQuest. He serves at Treasurer of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), a non-profit group dedicated to sharing knowledge and best practices for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs).
  • Profile
    Meinhard Kettler
    Partnerships Manager
    ProQuest Part of Clarivate
  • Profile
    Austin McLean
    Sr. Director Partnerships
    ProQuest, part of Clarivate
    Austin oversees a team that ensures universities have opportunities to maximize the dissemination of their PhD and Master’s Theses through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT Global) database. Austin also works in areas of scholarly communication and digital preservation at ProQuest. He serves at Treasurer of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), a non-profit group dedicated to sharing knowledge and best practices for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs).