Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Robert E. (Bob) Wolverton, Jr. is Associate Professor/Database Maintenance/Authority Control Librarian at the Mississippi State University (MSU) Libraries. He is Liaison to the NACO program from the MSU Libraries and regularly contributes name and series authority records to the LC/NACO Authority File. In addition, he provides leadership to MSU Libraries Cataloging faculty and staff on authority control policies, procedures and training initiatives. Wolverton also serves as Library Liaison to the MSU Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education.Lona Hoover is Associate Professor/Monographic Cataloger at Mississippi State University Libraries (MSU). She catalogs materials in various formats with a major focus on creation of full-level bibliographic records for print and electronic theses and dissertations.Susan Hall is Associate Professor and branch head of the College of Architecture, Art and Design Library at Mississippi State University. She is a member of the Special Libraries Association, the Association of Architecture School Librarians, and the American Association of University Women.Robert Fowler is an Assistant Professor/Monographic Cataloger at Mississippi State University (MSU) Libraries.  He carries out original cataloging on a variety of formats with a main focus on print and electronic theses and dissertations, as well as music and media.

• 1. Authors' Preface 2. ETDs: From the Beginning 3. The Development and Assessment of ETD Initiatives 4. Historical Perspectives on the Treatment and Cataloging of Print Theses and Dissertations 5. Cataloging and Treatment of ETDs 6. Issues of Name Authority Control in the Cataloging of Theses and Dissertations 7. Theses/Dissertations and ETD Cataloging: An Annotated Bibliography