ETD Metadata

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ETD Metadata

• T. Hickey
• ETD 2006 U.S. Regional
• University of Missouri-St. Louis
• 27 October 2006

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Creation to Delivery

• Student creates PDF file(s) of thesis
• Enters PDF plus metadata into repository
• Repository makes
• PDF file available for indexing by Web search
  engines
• Metadata available for harvesting
• Metadata moves
• Into local library system
• Into WorldCat
• Harvested by NDLTD at OCLC
• NDLTD catalog harvested by Web search engines
• Web search engines harvest metadata
• Users find metadata and indexes wherever they are
• Thesis is just a click away

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Union Catalog

• Harvest from 60 collections
• Total of 250,000 records
• 200,000 available in ETDMS, MARC-21 or both
• Doubled over the last two years
• Primarily for OAI-PMH access
• Visible through Scirus, VTLS

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Repository Software

• VT ETD-db
• DSpace
• VTLS VALET
• WorldCat
• EPrints
• Session this afternoon

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Formats

• ETD-MS
• MARC-21
• XMetaDiss (German)
• Metadata Core Set for ETDs (UK)
• Thèses Électroniques Françaises

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ETD-MS

• Based on Dublin Core
• Standard needs some work
• Has places for
• Advisors
• Referees
• Committee members
• Chairs
• Degree
• Degree level

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MARC-21

• Standard metadata format for libraries
• Used for both electronic and paper theses
• Moderately compatible with ETD-MS
• Most complicated of the formats

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XMetaDiss

• Used in Germany
• Compatible with EDT-MS
• Adds
• Surname/forename for personal names
• Date issued/accepted
• Standard form of language (ISO 639-2)
• Granting institution place and department
• Standard classification based on DDC

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Metadata Core Set for ETDs

• Developed in the UK
• Extended Dublin Core
• Adds
• Advisor
• Abstract
• Subject.DDC, LCSH, MESH, UDC
• Sponsor
• Level
• Date issued
• References
• File version
• Extent

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TEF

• Thèses Électroniques Françaises
• Compatible with ETD-MS, UNIMARC
• Covers
• Descriptive metadata
• Administrative metadata
• Rights metadata
• Preservation
• Uses a METS wrapper around FRBR pieces

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Active Standardization Areas

• Classification
• Degree level
• Rights

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Classification

• Ongoing problem
• Need for broad areas
• Swedish Ämneskategorier för vetenskapliga
  publikationer / Subject Categories for Scientific
  Publications
• German set based on Dewey Decimal Classification
• Both offer English versions
• TEF says they will propose a list

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Degree Level

• Undergraduate (diploma?), Masters, Doctoral,
  Postdoctoral
• No standard codes

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Rights/Access control

• Open vs. restricted
• Commercial users especially interested in this

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Links

• http//www.ndltd.org/
• http//www.ub.uu.se/epub/categories/index.cfm
• http//www.ndltd.org/standards/metadata/current.ht
  ml
• http//www.greynet.org/images/GL7,_page_108.pdf
• http//deposit.d-nb.de/xml-xsl/homepage/texte-neu-
  engl/xmetadiss_for_dc2004.pdf
• http//alcme.oclc.org/ndltd/
• http//scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/
• http//www.abes.fr/abes/documents/tef/index.html

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Thank you

• T. Hickey
• ETD 2006 U.S. Regional
• University of Missouri-St. Louis
• October 27, 2006