VITA REQUIRED?
Yumi Ohira
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Yumi Ohira, M.F.A., M.L.S.
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Bailey, Jody Elizabeth
Hey Yumi – That’s not a requirement at Emory.
Best,
Jody
Jody Bailey, MA, MLIS (she, her)
Head, Scholarly Communications Office
Emory University
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From: 'Yumi Ohira' via ETD <e...@ndltd.org>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2026 11:59 AM
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Subject: [External] [etd] VITA REQUIRED?
Hello everyone,
I was just curious if students at your institution are required to include their Vita/CV in their thesis or dissertations. If so, do you know why?
Thank you.
Yumi
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Yumi Ohira, M.F.A., M.L.S.
Scholarly Publishing and Repository Services Librarian
Digital Ventures
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Swicord, G.W.
Hi, NDLTD people,
The UF Graduate School still requires them. The other graduate programs more or less lack editorial standards, but some students use the official ETD template.
I’ve never heard an official rationale for the requirement. When I was an active scholar, I appreciated them because knowing something about an author as a person can sometimes lead to insights one might not otherwise have had.
Regards,
G.W.
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Metadata Specialist—degree-requirement projects
Acquisitions and Discovery Services, Metadata for Digital Initiatives
From: Bailey, Jody Elizabeth <jody....@emory.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2026 13:59
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Subject: RE: [External] [etd] VITA REQUIRED?
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Ohira, Yumi
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Yumi Ohira, M.F.A., M.L.S.
Scholarly Publishing and Repository Services Librarian
Digital Ventures
Boston University Libraries
yoh...@bu.edu | 306E | (617) 353-6530
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Subject: RE: [External] [etd] VITA REQUIRED?
Hey Yumi – That’s not a requirement at Emory.
Bailey, Jody Elizabeth
Hi Yumi,
Most of our ETD policies and guidelines were created in 2007 before I arrived at Emory, and everyone who worked with the new ETD repository at that time has left the university. So, I don’t know how things were done at that time, but my sense is that policies were created collaboratively between the Libraries and the schools that require their students to deposit their ETDs in the repository.
Currently, when we have a new program or school approach us about having their students’ work in the repository, that’s how we do things. The Libraries makes policies around metadata, technical use of the platform by school approvers and students, copyright and licensing, long-term preservation, approver checklists, management of the platform, etc. The schools make policies around the content of the ETDs, committees (who can be on them, how they approve the work), embargoes (with our guidance), prepublishing work that is used for a dissertation chapter or thesis, etc.
Best,
Jody
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Emory University
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From: Ohira, Yumi <yoh...@bu.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2026 8:10 AM
To: Bailey, Jody Elizabeth <jody....@emory.edu>; ETD <e...@ndltd.org>
Cc: Ohira, Yumi <yoh...@bu.edu>
Subject: Re: [External] [etd] VITA REQUIRED?
Thank you, Jody, for sharing that! I have another question for you.
Has the thesis/dissertation guidelines been created by your library, or Graduate School, etc.?
Yumi
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Yumi Ohira, M.F.A., M.L.S.
Scholarly Publishing and Repository Services Librarian
Digital Ventures
Boston University Libraries
yoh...@bu.edu | 306E | (617) 353-6530
