ETD-db Providing Access and Managing Your ETD Workflow

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ETD-dbProviding Access and Managing Your ETD
Workflow

• Gail McMillan
• Digital Library and Archives
• http//scholar.lib.vt.edu
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
  University

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Addressing Our Constituencies Needs
http//scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses

• Students
• Faculty
• Graduate School personnel
• Library personnel
• Researchers

• Using any computer
• Internet connection
• Web browser
• Enter and update info

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Virginia Techs ETD-db System

• Hardware
• Dual-processor Sun Enterprise 250 with 384Mb of
  RAM
• 18Gb drive for theses and dissertations
• Software
• Solaris
• Apache
• MySQL (Oracle, Postgres)
• Perl
• Customize it with local Perl programmer

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Author ETD-db Interface

• Using a standard web browser
• Password authentication
• Existing university user accounts
• Enter title page info into form
• Upload files
• Make changes until approved

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Graduate School ETD-db Interface

• See submitted/waiting ETDs
• Make changes
• Email authors and advisors
• Add another email address
• Clearly indicates
• Waiting for author input
• Author has responded
• Approve and add to live collection
• Appropriate level of access based on authors
  submission form
• Make changes

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Cataloger ETD-db Interface

• Using a standard web browser
• List of ETDs waiting
• Already available to public
• No delay to user access
• Sees title page info
• Catalogs ETD
• Flagged as finished cataloging

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System Maintainer ETD-db Interface

• Update ETDs already approved
• Change level of access
• Searchable by title page info

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End-user ETD-db Interface

• Using a standard web browser
• Searchable by title page info
• http//scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-search/search
  
• Browse
• Authors last name
• Authors department

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ETD-db http//lumiere.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db

• Download copy as used at VT
• http//scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/downloa
  d/
• Documentation current
• http//scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/
• Customize it with local Perl programmer
• http//scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/install
  .html

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ETD-dbProviding Access and Managing Your ETD
Workflow

• Gail McMillan
• Digital Library and Archives
• http//scholar.lib.vt.edu
• Virginia Tech
• gailmac_at_vt.edu