scholarly journals Leveraging Author-Supplied Metadata, OAI-PMH, and XSLT to Catalog ETDs: A Case Study at a Large Research Library

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Robinson ◽  
Jeff Edmunds ◽  
Stephen C. Mattes
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Research Library ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Harvesting Process ◽  
Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Digital Assets ◽  
Large Research

Most academic theses and dissertations are now born-digital assets (i.e., electronic theses and dissertations). As such, they often coexist with author-supplied metadata that has the potential for being repurposed and enhanced to facilitate discovery and access in an online environment. The authors describe the evolution of the electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) cataloging workflow at a large research library, from the era of print to the present day, with emphasis on the challenges and opportunities of harvesting author-supplied metadata for cataloging ETDs. The authors provide detailed explanations of the harvesting process, creating code for the metadata transformations, loading records, and quality assurance procedures.

scholarly journals A Case Study of ETD Metadata Remediation at the University of Houston Libraries

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Santi Thompson ◽  
Xiping Liu ◽  
Albert Duran ◽  
Anne Washington
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Metadata Quality ◽  
Version 2.0 ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
The University ◽  
Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Future Plans

This paper provides a case study on remediating electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) metadata at the University of Houston Libraries. The authors provide an overview of the team’s efforts to revise existing ETD metadata in its institutional repository as part of their commitment to aligning ETD records with the Texas Digital Library Descriptive Metadata Guidelines for Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Version 2.0 (TDL guidelines, version 2). The paper reviews the existing literature on metadata quality and ETD metadata practices, noting how their case study adds one of the first documented cases of ETD metadata remediation. The metadata upgrade process is described, with close attention to the tools and workflows developed to complete the remediation. The authors conclude the paper with a discussion of lessons learned, the project’s limitations, future plans, and the emerging needs of metadata remediation work.

scholarly journals Document-Management Technology and Acquisitions Workflow: A Case Study in Invoice Processing

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Katharine Treptow Farrell ◽  
Janet E. Lute
Keyword(s):  
Document Management ◽  
Research Library ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Management Technology ◽  
Large Research

<span>Library acquisitions has moved from paper to online records for ordering and receiving, but the audit archive for invoices has remained largely paper based. Document-management technology (DMT) offers a solution to this condition. The authors survey the literature on DMT and its potential for use in the library acquisitions environment. This article considers the rationale and policy decisions that underpin the elimination of paper in favor of image files as an audit archive in library materials invoicing. A case study of the implementation of DMT to support and enhance traditional invoice processing in the acquisitions department of a large research library is included.</span>

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

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 250-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Han
Keyword(s):  
Total Cost Of Ownership ◽  
Current Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Cost Of Ownership ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
The University ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

Purpose – 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 discuss the costs associated with repository and/or theses and dissertations (TD). Design/methodology/approach – The paper first provides literature reviews in costs associated with repository and TD. By using the DCC life cycle model, the author presents costs for each actionable category: create or receive, appraise & select, ingest, preservation action, store, access, use and reuse and transform. The paper presents four TOCs to illustrate the changes of TOCs from 2005 to current time. Findings – The paper gives one case study of the TOCs for ETD over the years, and illustrates how the University lowered the TOCs. The current ETD's TOC is on a par with these costs of two other studies published related to repository titles. The TOC has been decreased from the traditional paper-based TD of $75 per title to ETD of $69 in 2005. By removing the ProQuest processing fee of $55, the TOC decreased to $14.37 in 2010. The TOC is currently $6.33 per title after the ETD collection was migrated to the University of Arizona repository. Research limitations/implications – Readers shall be aware that there are no “transform” and little “preservation action” tasks performed. The current cost of “transform” is $0 due to the nature of ETD of its rigid format requirements, Originality/value – The paper fulfills the need to study costs associated with repository titles, especially ETD titles. It also provide a way to estimate costs for institutions planning to start ETD collections.

scholarly journals Reference Rot in the Repository: A Case Study of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) in an Academic Library

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Massicotte ◽  
Kathleen Botter
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Stimulate Action ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

<p><em>This study </em><em>examine</em><em>s</em><em> ETDs deposited during the period 2011-2015 in </em><em>an </em><em>institutional repository, to determine the degree to which </em><em>the documents </em><em>suffer from reference rot, that is, linkrot plus content drift. The</em><em> authors</em><em> converted and examined 664 doctoral dissertations in total, extracting 11,437 links, finding overall </em><em>that </em><em>77% of links </em><em>were </em><em>active, and 23% exhibited linkrot.  A stratified random sample of 49 ETDs </em><em>was performed which </em><em>produced 990 active links, which were then checked for content drift based on mementos found in the Wayback Machine.  Mementos were found for 77% of links, and approximately half of these, 492 of 990, exhibited content drift. The results serve to emphasize not only the necessity of broader awareness of this problem, but also to stimulate action on the preservation front.   </em></p>

scholarly journals Using the Harvesting Method to Submit ETDs into ProQuest

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marielle Veve
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Global Database ◽  
Harvesting Method ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Open Archives ◽  
Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Open Archives Initiative

The following case study describes an academic library’s recent experience implementing the harvesting method to submit electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) into the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database (PQDT). In this lesser-known approach, ETDs are deposited first in the institutional repository (IR), where they get processed, to be later harvested for free by ProQuest through the IR’s Open Archives Initiative (OAI) feed. The method provides a series of advantages over some of the alternative methods, including students’ choice to opt-in or out from ProQuest, better control over the embargo restrictions, and more customization power without having to rely on overly complicated workflows. Institutions interested in adopting a simple, automated, post-IR method to submit ETDs into ProQuest, while keeping the local workflow, should benefit from this method. 

Campus partnerships advance both ETD implementation and IR development

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 398-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Li ◽  
Sarah H. Theimer ◽  
Suzanne M. Preate
Keyword(s):  
Implementation Process ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Relations ◽  
Scholarly Communications ◽  
University Archives ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Syracuse University ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

Purpose – 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 collaborative partnership between the Graduate School and the Syracuse University Libraries (SUL) that advances open access and the scholarly communication issues among graduate students, the proposed plan for a dissertations and theses retrospective digitization project which will continue to strengthen the partnership between University Archives, university relations, and the SUL. It could also serve as an inspirational point for other institutions. Design/methodology/approach – This case study documents the successful strategies that were used to advance scholarly communications education efforts on campus and ETD implementation using an institutional repository. Findings – Partnerships, flexibility, and creativity are essential to a successful initiative. Originality/value – Sharing successful stories is crucial in our rapidly developing field. Although each institution is different, we all have things we can learn from each other and adapt to our own environment. The important lessons here are taking opportunities, building partnerships, being flexible, and creative to ensure the initiative's success.

scholarly journals Towards Sustainable Mobility? The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Romanian Mobile Citizens in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4023
Author(s):  
Silvia Marcu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
New Models ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Depth Interviews

Using the case study of Romanians in Spain, this article highlights how the COVID-19 crisis presents both challenges and opportunities when it comes to human mobility and sustainability. Drawing on in-depth interviews with mobile people during the period of lockdown and circulation restrictions, and in accordance with the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the paper advances and contributes to the relevance of sustainability and its impact on people’s mobility in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. I argue that even in the midst of the crisis, sustainable ways may be found to promote and protect human mobility. The paper raises the way sustainability acts as a driver, gains relevance and influence, and contributes to the creation of new models of resilient mobility in times of crisis. The conclusions defend the respect for the SDGs regarding human mobility and emphasise the role of people on the move as sustainable actors learning to overcome distance and the barriers to their mobility during the pandemic.

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