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The ETD Lifecycle Management project (http://metaarchive.org/imls)
releases for public review the draft Guidance Documents for Lifecycle
Management of ETDs. Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) and led by the University of North Texas, in partnership
with the NDLTD and Educopia Institute, the ETD Lifecycle Management
project is promoting best practices and improving the capacity of
academic libraries to preserve ETDs for future researchers.
About the ETD Guidance Documents
Written
by ETD program experts from several established and well-respected
academic institutions (see below), the Guidance Documents are geared
towards the full range of stakeholders in ETD programs from
administrators to graduate schools to librarians to vendors. As
indicated by the Table of Contents below, the Guidance Documents cover a
range of curation topics that span the lifecycle for ETDs.
Table of Contents
- Guidance Documents for the Lifecycle Management of ETDs
- Guidelines for Implementing ETD Programs – Roles & Responsibilities
- Guide to Access Levels & Embargoes of ETDs
- Briefing on Copyright & Fair Use Issues in ETDs
- Guidelines for Collecting Usage Metrics & Demonstrations of Value for ETD Programs
- Managing the Lifecycle of ETDs: Curatorial Decisions & Practices
- Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management
- Guide to ETD Program Planning & Cost Estimation
- Guide to Options for ETD Programs
Review the Guidance Documents
Interested ETD stakeholders can register to receive a copy of the
Guidance Documents at the following website,
http://publishing.educopia.org/etd-lifecycle-guidance-documents/.
By requesting the documents, reviewers are voluntarily agreeing to
provide our project with feedback to help improve the documents.
Reviewers may provide feedback on all of the documents or just the
document(s) that prove most relevant to their areas of interest. Our
project staff will follow up with reviewers individually one month from
the date they receive the documents, and will incorporate their
suggestions into the final draft. The review period will close on
December 31st, 2013.
About the Document Authors & EditorsThe
Guidance Document for Lifecycle Management of ETDs
have been authored by ETD program experts from the University of North
Texas, Virginia Tech, Rice University, Boston College, Indiana State
University, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Arizona.
The documents were edited by representatives from the Educopia
Institute, the MetaArchive Cooperative, and the Networked Digital
Library of Theses and Dissertations. Special thanks to Joan Lippencott
from the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) for early reviews of
the draft documents.
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Matt Schultz
Program Manager
Educopia Institute, MetaArchive Cooperative
http://www.metaarchive.org
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