Library Management: Volume 35 Issue 4/5

ETD: total cost of ownership – collecting, archiving and providing access

The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of total cost of ownership (TOC) for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD). Only few articles have been published to…

ETD on a shoestring

The purpose of this paper is to describe how, with minimal budget, lots of goodwill, and successful collaboration, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) – at…

Introducing name authority into an ETD collection

– The purpose of this paper is to develop and evaluate a workflow for establishing name authority in uncontrolled collections.

Enabling and integrating ETD repositories through linked data

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that Electronic Theses and Dissertation (ETD) metadata can be used as data for institutional assessment and to map an extended research…

Analysis of URL references in ETDs: a case study at the University of North Texas

Increasingly, higher education institutions worldwide are accepting only electronic versions of their students’ theses and dissertations. These electronic theses and dissertations…

Analytical study of the ETD repositories and government initiatives for depositing ETDs in India

The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the Electronic Theses and Dissertation (ETD) repository creation efforts by various institutions in India and also analyse…

Opening cultural heritage in the age of OAI-PMH: finding Armenia in the OATD discovery service

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) distinguishes itself from other ETD databases by providing immediate access to theses that are freely available online. The Republic of…

Implementing a multi-tiered framework for building NDLTD-Taiwan

The purpose of this paper is to describe the multi-tiered framework supported by the NDLTD-Taiwan systems to achieve the collaboration and cooperation with universities and…

KrishiKosh: an institutional repository of National Agricultural Research System in India

The purpose of this paper is to provide online access to valuable resource, i.e., rare books, institutional publications, historical reports, theses, success stories, etc. to the…

The influence of contextual factors on the adoption and development of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) programmes in the Arab Gulf States

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings from research that explored the influence of contextual factors on the adoption and development of Electronic Theses and…

Open access to scientific information: comparative study in DOAJ

The purpose of the paper is to provide a comparative retrospective analysis of Bulgarian, Turkish and Croatian Open Access (OA) journals added in Directory of Open Access journals…

Possibilities of networked electronic theses in Japan

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate/explore the possibilities of nationwide networked electronic theses in Japan.

ABCD open source software for managing ETD repositories

The purpose of this paper is to give technical information about the application of ABCD open source software for managing institutional repository of electronic theses and…

Campus partnerships advance both ETD implementation and IR development: A win-win strategy at Syracuse University

The purpose of this paper is to articulate the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) implementation process at Syracuse University. It will describe the development of a…

Construction of CALIS dissertation full text service system

– The purpose of this paper is to review CALIS-ETD full text service in CALIS-ETD project, Phase 3 and put forward the prospect of this project.

Information Resource Description: Creating and Managing Metadata

The Librarian's Legal Companion for Licensing Information Resources and Services (Legal Advisor for Librarians, Educators, and Information Pro)

Preserving Archives

Developing Community Based Public Libraries