ETDs for Research: A Poster Presentation on Rajshahi University Central Library (RUCL), Bangladesh

Abstract : Now a day the free-flow usage of ETDs have given the scholarly community of developing countries a unique opportunity to get his information smoothly, where they had to face difficulties to access information for their research studies. This poster presentation aims to bring about the present state of ETDs in Rajshahi University Central Library, Bangladesh. How transformation process from printed to electronic theses, institutional repository reflects the researchers need. What is the future prospect of the library and what mechanism are maintained for transforming its contents into digitized format. It also describes the success story of building ETD repository infrastructure with the financial support from ‘World Bank' and how ETD supports for research and development in RUCL scholarly community.