Digitizing Dissertations for an Institutional Repository: A Process and Cost Analysis

Piorun, Mary E.; Palmer, Lisa A.

doi:10.3163/1536-5050.96.3.008

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“…and IR development Two retrospective digitization options were investigated: outsourcing to UMI/ProQuest, and performing the work in-house. A study done by Piorun and Palmer (2008) found in-house digitization to be a cost effective option. In 2013, the Libraries purchased two new microform scanners/readers for public and internal library use, increasing our ability to digitize microform holdings.…”

Section: Etd Workhop and Subject Guide For Graduate Studentsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Campus partnerships advance both ETD implementation and IR development

Theimer

Preate

2014

Library Management

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -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.

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Section: Etd Workhop and Subject Guide For Graduate Studentsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Campus partnerships advance both ETD implementation and IR development

Theimer

Preate

2014

Library Management

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“…According to Piorun and Palmer (2008), digitizing TDs needs money, staff time, appropriate equipment, etc. ; small and local digitization projects can be cost effective for broader programs.…”

Section: Pillar 3: Infrastructure Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analyzing National Electronic Theses and Dissertations programs from business model perspective

Rasuli

Alipour-Hafezi

Solaimani

2018

OIR

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Purpose Implementing and maintaining Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) program at a national level encounters numerous difficulties in particular from technical, legal, business, and financial perspective. Business model (BM) is a tool to help to address business-driven challenges, such as business feasibility and viability, as one of the important aspects. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the BM practiced by different national Electronic Theses and Dissertations (NETDs) cases. Design/methodology/approach BM of seven NETDs programs have been studied through an online questionnaire; besides, programs’ websites were observed and related documents were examined. Business model canvas (BMC) was used to describe the business rationale behind the selected cases. Findings Most of the NETDs programs lack a documented BM. The main value of these programs is sharing ETDs which is offered to academics through online channels; skillful staff and proper hardware/software are their main resources to do so. Furthermore, their key activities are developing hardware/software and negotiating with ETDs owners as their key partners. All these activities required huge cost which is generally covered by public funding. Originality/value This study pioneers in applying BM concept into field of NETDs. Therefore, the major contribution of this study is to provide an analysis of NETDs programs’ BM through BMC. Furthermore, the paper provides recommendations on how ETDs could be implemented in a cost effective, sustainable, and viable way.

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“…For example, Sefton (2008) discusses implementing discovery services for better access; Greene (2010) writes about developing a national IR; and Madsen and Oleen (2013) address growing the mature ETD program. Researchers are also digging into topics such as preservation policy (Zhu et al, 2012;Becker et al, 2009;McGovern and McKay, 2009;Hockx-Yu, 2006;Caplan, 2008;Fox et al, 2009) and workflow management (Madsen and Oleen, 2013;Piorun and Palmer, 2008;Copeland and Penman, 2004;Bevan, 2005;Greig, 2005;Park et al, 2007;Wang, 2012;Morrow and Mower, 2009). Through the development of workflows and implementation of ETD programs, a variety of issues have been discovered and solutions incorporated into the workflow.…”

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confidence: 99%

Publishing student scholarship: exploring the ETD initiative at a medium-sized institution

Wang

Bulick

Muyumba

2014

OCLC Systems &Amp; Services: International Digital Library Perspectives

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the Electronic Theses and Dissertations program implemented and managed by the Indiana State University since 2009. The paper illustrates issues relating to the background, policies, platform, workflow and cataloging, as well as the publication and preservation of graduate scholarship. Design/methodology/approach – The authors examined many aspects of the Electronic Theses and Dissertations program and addressed issues dealt before, during and after the publication of the electronic theses and dissertations collection. The approaches the authors utilized are literature review and personal management experience from working on the program. Findings – Implementing an Electronic Theses and Dissertations program involves providing a series of management services. These services include developing relevant policies, implementing an archiving and publication platform and creating submission and publishing workflows, as well as cataloging, disseminating and preserving the student collection. Openly publishing the collection through a range of access points significantly increases its visibility and accessibility. Adopting several archival and preservation strategies ensures the long-term readiness of the collection. Originality/value – This paper will provide useful practices for implementing an ETD program to those institutions new to the ETD initiative process. It also contributes to the current body of literature and to the overall improvement of ETD programs globally.

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Digitizing Dissertations for an Institutional Repository: A Process and Cost Analysis

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

Campus partnerships advance both ETD implementation and IR development

Campus partnerships advance both ETD implementation and IR development

Analyzing National Electronic Theses and Dissertations programs from business model perspective

Publishing student scholarship: exploring the ETD initiative at a medium-sized institution

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