scholarly journals ETDs, NDLTD, and open access: a 5S perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward A. Fox ◽  
Seungwon Yang ◽  
Seonho Kim
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Key Participants ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

Worldwide initiatives toward digital library (DL) support for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), facilitated by the work of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), are a key part of the move toward open access. When all graduate students learn to use openly available ETDs, and have experience with authoring and submission in connection with their own research results, it will be easy for them to continue these efforts through other contributions to open access. When all universities support ETD activities, they will be key participants in institutional repositories and open access, and will have engaged in discussion and infrastructure development supportive of further open access activities. Understanding of open access also can be facilitated through modeling of all of these efforts using the 5S framework, considering the key aspects of DL development: Societies, Scenarios, Spaces, Structures, and Streams.

scholarly journals Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences?

2014 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 808-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa L. Ramírez ◽  
Gail McMillan ◽  
Joan T. Dalton ◽  
Ann Hanlon ◽  
Heather S. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Science Journal ◽  
Faculty Advisors ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Journal Policies ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

In academia, there is a growing acceptance of sharing the final electronic version of graduate work, such as a thesis or dissertation, in an online university repository. Though previous studies have shown that journal editors are willing to consider manuscripts derived from electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), faculty advisors and graduate students continue to raise concerns that online discoverability of ETDs negatively impact future opportunities to publish those findings. The current study investigated science journal policies on open access ETDs and found that more than half of the science journals responding (51.4%) reported that manuscripts derived from openly accessible ETDs are welcome for submission and an additional 29.1 percent would accept revised ETDs under certain conditions.

scholarly journals Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities? Findings from a 2011 Survey of Academic Publishers

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa L. Ramirez ◽  
Joan T. Dalton ◽  
Gail McMillan ◽  
Max Read ◽  
Nancy H. Seamans
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Faculty Advisors ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

An increasing number of higher education institutions worldwide are requiring submission of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) by graduate students and are subsequently providing open access to these works in online repositories. Faculty advisors and graduate students are concerned that such unfettered access to their work could diminish future publishing opportunities. This study investigated social sciences, arts, and humanities journal editors’ and university press directors’ attitudes toward ETDs. The findings indicate that manuscripts that are revisions of openly accessible ETDs are always welcome for submission or considered on a case-by-case basis by 82.8 percent of journal editors and 53.7 percent of university press directors polled.

scholarly journals Open access to research data in electronic theses and dissertations: an overview

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 612-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Schopfel ◽  
Stéphane Chaudiron ◽  
Bernard Jacquemin ◽  
Hélène Prost ◽  
Marta Severo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Small Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Phd Theses ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

Purpose – Print theses and dissertations have regularly been submitted together with complementary material, such as maps, tables, speech samples, photos or videos, in various formats and on different supports. In the digital environment of open repositories and open data, these research results could become a rich source of research results and data sets, for reuse and other exploitation. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – After introducing electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) into the context of eScience, the paper investigates some aspects that impact the availability and openness of data sets and other supplemental files related to ETD (system architecture, metadata and data retrieval, legal aspects). Findings – These items are part of the so-called “small data” of eScience, with a wide range of contents and formats. Their heterogeneity and their link to ETD need specific approaches to data curation and management, with specific metadata and identifiers and with specific services, workflows and systems. One size may not fit for all but it seems appropriate to separate text and data files. Regarding copyright and licensing, data sets must be evaluated carefully but should not be processed and disseminated under the same conditions as the related PhD theses. Some examples are presented. Research limitations/implications – The paper concludes with recommendations for further investigation and development to foster open access to research results produced along with PhD theses. Originality/value – ETDs are an important part of the content of open repositories. Yet, their potential as a gateway to underlying research results has not really been explored so far.

GREEN OPEN ACCESS IN KENYA: A REVIEW OF THE CONTENT, POLICIES AND USAGE OF INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES

Mousaion ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-54
Author(s):  
Wanyenda Leonard Chilimo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Current State ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

 There is scant research-based evidence on the development and adoption of open access (OA) and institutional repositories (IRs) in Africa, and in Kenya in particular. This article reports on a study that attempted to fill that gap and provide feedback on the various OA projects and advocacy work currently underway in universities and research institutions in Kenya and in other developing countries. The article presents the findings of a descriptive study that set out to evaluate the current state of IRs in Kenya. Webometric approaches and interviews with IR managers were used to collect the data for the study. The findings showed that Kenya has made some progress in adopting OA with a total of 12 IRs currently listed in the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) and five mandatory self-archiving policies listed in the Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP). Most of the IRs are owned by universities where theses and dissertations constitute the majority of the content type followed by journal articles. The results on the usage and impact of materials deposited in Kenyan IRs indicated that the most viewed publications in the repositories also received citations in Google Scholar, thereby signifying their impact and importance. The results also showed that there was a considerable interest in Swahili language publications among users of the repositories in Kenya.

scholarly journals The doctoral dissertation and scholarly communication: Adapting to changing publication practices among graduate students

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne Shirazi
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Copyright Transfer ◽  
Graduate Research ◽  
Future Publication ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

When I first began working with electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), the conversation in libraries appeared to revolve around open access and publication embargoes. It seemed to me that the primary task for scholarly communication librarians in this area was to broaden access to graduate research while protecting future publication opportunities for individual authors. As graduate students begin to publish earlier in their careers, the relationship between the doctoral dissertation and scholarly publishing is evolving. Many students now include their own previously published work in a dissertation, requiring instruction in publication contracts and copyright transfer agreements at the point of submission to the graduate school.

scholarly journals The Brazilian electronic theses and dissertations digital library: providing open access for scholarly information

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sílvia Barcellos Southwick
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Centers ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Metadata Standard ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Development And Management ◽  
Open Archives ◽  
Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Paper Address

This paper describes a project led by the Instituto Brasileiro de Informações em Ciência e Tecnologia (Ibict), a government institution, to build a national digital library for electronic theses and dissertations - Bibliteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações (BDTD). The project has been a collaborative effort among Ibict, universities and other research centers in Brazil. The developers adopted a system architecture based on the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) in which universities and research centers act as data providers and Ibict as a service provider. A Brazilian metadata standard for electronic theses and dissertations was developed for the digital library. A toolkit including open source package was also developed by Ibict to be distributed to potential data providers. BDTD has been integrated with the international initiative: the Networked Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertation (NDLTD). Discussions in the paper address various issues related to project design, development and management as well as the role played by Ibict. Conclusions highlight some important lessons learned to date and challenges for the future in expanding the BDTD project.

scholarly journals ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Alissa A. Droog
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
Electronic Theses And Dissertations ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the world's largest multidisciplinary database for electronic theses and dissertations. The database contains over 5 million citations and 2.7 million full text works. The intuitive platform is specially designed for finding dissertations and theses with search fields for specific institutions, advisors, and subject categories. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is useful for current graduate students in any discipline to see samples of other dissertations and theses in their field, for researchers to find the most recent research on a particular topic, and for conducting research on theses and dissertations as a genre.

Institutional Repositories Initiatives in India

2013 ◽  
pp. 219-233
Author(s):  
Neeraj Kumar Singh ◽  
Jyoti Sharma ◽  
Navneet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Working Status ◽  
Subject Coverage

The purpose of this chapter is to present the development and current situation of Institutional Repositories (IRs) in India. This chapter explores the main concepts of open access, institutional repositories, and their needs and benefits. The chapter highlights the current status of Institutional Repositories (IR) in India by its collection type, subject coverage, and present working status of the repositories available to the academic community as open sources. This chapter examines the overall growth of IRs in Asia and enumerates the Institutional Repositories in India. The chapter analyzes the accessible institutional repositories based on the selected study criteria and studies various digital library software used in the development of IRs in India.

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