ETDs at OhioLINK

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ETDs at OhioLINK

• ETD 2004June 4, 2004
• Thomas Dowlingtdowling_at_ohiolink.edu
• http//sienna.ohiolink.edu/tdowling/presentations
  /etd2004/

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Life at the Reference Desk, 1990
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Life at the Reference Desk, 1990
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Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

• Journal Article
• Ramos, C., Morbak, L., Molin, S., 2000. Bacterial
  activity in the rhizosphere analyzed at the
  single-cell level by monitoring rhibozome
  contents and synthesis rates. Appl. Environ.
  Microbiol. 66, 801809

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Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

• Book
• Govindaraju RS. 2002. Stochastic methods in
  subsurface contaminant hydrology. Reston, VA
  ASCE Press.

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Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

• Conference Paper
• Van Genuchten, M.Th., 1994. New issues and
  challenges in soil physics research. Trans. of
  the 15th World Congress of Soil Science,
  Acapulco, Mexico, vol. 1, July 1016, 1994, Int.
  Soc. Soil Sci. and Mexican Soc. Soil Sci., pp. 5
  27.

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Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

• Technical Report
• Zyvoloski, G.A., Dash, G.V., Kelkar, S., FEHMN
  1.0 Finite element heat and mass transfer code,
  Report No. LA-12062-MS, Rev 1., Los Alamos
  National Laboratory, 1992.

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Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

• Dissertation
• Ray, C., 1994. Modeling transport of agricultural
  chemicals in a dual porosity system resulting
  from macropores. PhD Dissertation. University of
  Illinois, Urbana, IL. 146 pp.

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A Quick Overview of OhioLINK

• Membership
• Libraries of 17 public universities
• Libraries of 23 community/technical colleges
• State Library of Ohio
• Libraries of 44 private colleges

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A Quick Overview of OhioLINK

• History OhioLINK as alternative to
  flabbergasting library costs
• OhioLINK as library technology base
• OhioLINK as home for cooperative library
  initiatives

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Major OhioLINK Services

• Central Catalog
• Research and Reference Databases
• Electronic Journal Center
• Digital Media Center
• Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center

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The Birth of the ETD Center

• Initial PlanningSummer/Fall 1999
• Assumptions made
• Single statewide service more usable, more
  visible than multiple local services
• System would migrate soon to more robust
  document management platform
• Publishers would be clueful about ETDs

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The Birth of the ETD Center

• Initial PlanningSummer/Fall 1999
• Ground rules
• All-electronic submission, including uploads to
  UMI
• Published World Accessible
• Publication delays (aka embargos) for reasonable,
  finite periods when needed

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Division of Responsibility

• OhioLINK runs storage, server, web development,
  uploads to UMI
• Local sites manage policy questions
• File formats
• File sizes
• Editorial, style questions
• Library cataloging issues

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Selected Participants Experiences
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Yes, There Is a Downside

• Communication Issues
• Branding Issues
• Remote Access Issues

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And For Our Next Trick

• Ohio Commons for Digital Education
• Digital Resource Commons

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If You Build It
March-April 2004 Downloads By Country (17,404
locations)
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ETD Center Holdings

• As of June 2, 2004

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URLs of Note

• OhioLINK ETD Centerhttp//www.ohiolink.edu/etd/
• These slideshttp//sienna.ohiolink.edu/tdowling/
  presentations/etd2004/