DSpace for E-Theses

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DSpace for E-Theses

• Introducing the results of the Theses Alive!
  Project at Edinburgh University Library, in the
  form of the Tapir (Theses Alive Plugin for
  Institutional Repositories) and the Edinburgh
  Research Archive (ERA) wherein examples of
  implementation are presented and features
  discussed in the context of using DSpace for
  E-Theses.

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at Edinburgh

• Adapt and develop an open-source package for use
  across the UK
• Produce an OAI-compliant E-Thesis repository
• Develop a pilot national service with the aim of
  supporting E-Theses creation and management for
  UK universities
• Produce an institutional guide to adopting and
  managing E-Theses.
• Collect 500 E-Theses in the UK segment of the
  NDLTD

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for E-Theses

• Default Submission Procedures
• Flexibility with metadata and storage methods
  lacks some of the fields that will be required
  for E-Theses, and the flexibility to change this
  easily.
• Archiving and Access
• Geared towards Digital Preservation supports
  OAI-PMH v2.0 and has good restriction features
• Administration and Security
• Configurable with superior methodology, although
  some shortcomings exist workflow is rigid no
  supervisory facilities policies are too complex
  to administer quickly and easily.

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The Tapir

• Theses Alive Plugin for Institutional
  Repositories
• Provides the extra features to DSpace needed for
  UK E-Theses support
• Open-Source product
• Current version 0.3 forthcoming 0.4

http//sourceforge.net/projects/tapir-eul
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The Tapirs Features

• Supervised Workspace
• Communication between supervisor(s)/advisor(s)
  and student (edit metadata/add files/comment)
• Supervision Administrative Tools
• Add/Remove/Modify Supervision Orders
• Thesis Metadata Capture
• UK Recommended metadata set multiple submission
  procedures
• Interface Upgrades
• Display relevant metadata ensure item type is
  clear

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This New ERA

• Edinburgh Research Archive
• 185 E-Theses currently
• DSpace 1.1.1 Tapir 0.3

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Supervision
The author and administrator
The supervision order generator
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MetadataCapture
Submit a Thesis or Dissertation
Main Metadata Page
Abstract Keywords
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Licensing
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What happens next?
The Thesis Submission Workflow
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What about the Future?

• Integration of E-Theses E-Prints, conceptually
  and actually
• Central search services/local harvesters
• Mandatory E-Thesis submission in institutions
• DSpace submission and workflow improvements
• Surface of information in different systems
  (institutional portals)
• much much more

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Thanks for Listening

• Richard Jones
• r.d.jones_at_ed.ac.uk
• http//www.thesesalive.ac.uk/
• ERA
• http//www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/

This presentation http//www.thesesalive.ac.uk/ar
chive/EThesesBL.ppt