Australasian Digital Theses Program ADT Update

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Australasian Digital Theses Program (ADT) Update
Presenters Larraine Shepherd (Associate
University Librarian, Information Access, AUT
University) Peter Kennedy (Library IT Assistant
Manager, University of Canterbury)
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• Aim
• To create a distributed database of digitised
  theses available via the web
• Background
• Prototype developed 1998-99
• All Australian Universities from 2000
• All NZ Universities from 2005

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• How does it work
• Students deposit theses at local institution.
  Deposit process generates standard metadata
  unique URL. Stored on local server/ institutional
  repository.
• Metadata is harvested from each active
  institutional site into a central searchable
  metadata repository.

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• Governance and Operation
• Policy Reference Group (PRG)
• Technical Committee (TC)
• TC makes recommendations to PRG
• UNSW manages centralised database and technical
  support

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• New Zealand Representation
• Policy Reference Group
• Larraine Shepherd (AUT) CONZUL rep
• Dr Corinne Locke (Auckland) NZ
  research/academic rep
• Technical Committee
• Peter Kennedy (Canterbury) CONZUL rep
• James Brunskill (Waikato) CONZUL rep

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• Policy issues
• Local autonomy and flexibility
• Minimum standards
• Full text/abstract/record
• Open/restricted access
• Free/fee based access
• Low cost
• International links eg. NDLTD

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• Technical Issues

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• Questions ?

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• Thanks

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