AFFECTING AND EFFECTING MUSICOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP
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AFFECTING AND EFFECTING MUSICOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Musicologists have yet to take a stance or even consider how they will approach electronic theses and dissertation writing. This is ironic for a field with a history of caring a good deal about the dissemination of information, concern for writing styles and formats, interest in musicological outreach, and enthusiasm for teaching critical thinking. This paper has two purposes: to help begin a discussion about ETDs and their potential impact on scholarship in the musicology community; and to offer some ideas about electronic resources for musicological research. Although the musicology community possesses either a nonexistent or conservative approach to ETDs and electronic publishing (or is at times unaware of ETDs and electronic publishing), it has also exhibited a strong interest in creating electronic databases to inform others about theses and dissertations being completed or in progress at institutions around the world.
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