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- Open Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations Case Study
of Central Library, JNU ************************************** Dr.
Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech,
USA University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New
Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551
Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur@mail.jnu.ac.in
;rcgaur66@gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile:
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm
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- Theses and dissertations have long been regarded as the bedrock
of graduate education. They are scholarly works that take years to
research and write However, the vast majority of these works
languish in obscurity in college and university libraries and
archives. The best way to bring this research to light is to
publish it electronically and give to students and researchers free
and open access to theses documents via the World Wide Web.
Fineman, Yale. (2003). Electronic theses and dissertations.
Libraries and the academy, 3(2), 219-227.
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- Theses and Dissertation collections in Indian Libraries Even
today Most of the University Libraries are denying free and open
access to even print Thesis and Dissertation collections Fear of
Copying Mind set Ignorance
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- History Yale University awarded one of the earliest doctorates
in 1861 for a six-page handwritten dissertation. UMI
Microfilm/Paper Repository of TD since 1939; ETD after 1997 In
1987, UMI hosted an ETD workshop, and in 1992 and 1994
representatives from at least ten universities held meetings. In
1996, the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
provided $90,000 to Virginia Tech to explore ETDs as SGML documents
and the project staff developed a still-evolving Document Type
Definition called ETD-ML. To extend ETDs to the national level, in
1997 Virginia Tech received funding from the U.S. Department of
Educations Fund for the Improvement of Post- Secondary Education
(FIPSE; $207,000) NDLTD The Networked Digital Library of Theses and
Dissertations calls for a sustainable, worldwide, collaborative,
educational initiative of universities committed to encouraging
students to prepare electronic documents and to use digital
libraries
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- Why OA to ETD? Now all Theses and Dissertations are born
digital only ETDs are royalty-free works of research literature.
Their authors lose no revenue by consenting to OA. ETDs are not
formally published. Hence there are no publishers ETD are from
Universities By making ETDs visible, OA helps the readers who
wouldn't otherwise have ready access. But it also helps the ETD
authors, boosting their visibility and impact just as it does for
the authors of journal articles Universities are in a good position
to mandate OA. They can make it a simple condition of submission
and acceptance. Moreover UGC can act as catalyst in the process An
OA mandate will elicit better work Finally, an OA mandate shows
that the university takes the dissertation seriously
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- Electronic Theses and Dissertations - Copyright, Open Access
and Publishing Who owns the copyright of a thesis or dissertation?
What is open access, and how does it apply to thesis or
dissertation? limit the release of OA to thesis or dissertation?
Plagiarism
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- Theses and dissertations have long been regarded as the bedrock
of graduate education. They are scholarly works that take years to
research and write However, the vast majority of these works
languish in obscurity in college and university libraries and
archives. The best way to bring this research to light is to
publish it electronically and give to students and researchers free
and open access to theses documents via the World Wide Web.
Fineman, Yale. (2003). Electronic theses and dissertations.
Libraries and the academy, 3(2), 219-227.
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- OTHER OA ETD Repositories ADT (Australiasian Digital Theses
Program) This search portal provides searching, browsing, and
access to ETDs produced in Australia. ADT (Australiasian Digital
Theses Program) Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertacoes A search
tool for accessing ETDs produced in Brazilian universities.
Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertacoes Cybertesis A portal
developed jointly by the University of Chile, the Universites de
Lyon, Montreal, and Alexandrie, and the University of Geneva for
accessing full text ETDs from many countries, including Bolivia,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Hong Kong, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and
the United States. Cybertesis DART-Europe E-theses Portal A
discovery service for open access research theses awarded by
European universities. DART-Europe E-theses Portal Deusche National
Bibliothek Dissertations since 1998 are available via search in the
German National Library. Deusche National Bibliothek DiVA This
portal provides access to ETDs and research publications written at
26 institutions in Scandinavia. DiVA EThOS Electronic Theses Online
Service (EThOS) offers free access, in a secure format, to the full
text of electronically stored UK theses--a rich and vast body of
knowledge. EThOS NARCIS This search portal provides access to ETDs
produced in the Netherlands, as well as access to a variety of
other research and data sets. NARCIS National ETD Portal (South
Africa) This search portal provides access to ETDs produced in
South Africa. National ETD Portal (South Africa) ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses Many university libraries provide password
access to this commercial database, but the link above also
provides access for individuals without a connection to a research
library. The collection includes most recent North American ETDs
and selective coverage for other regions of the world. RCAAP -
Repositrio Cientfico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal The RCAAP's
mission is to promote, support and facilitate the adoption of the
open access movement in Portugal. RCAAP The project aims to:
increase the visibility, accessibility and dissemination of
academic activity and Portuguese scientific research, facilitating
the management and access to information about scientific
production and integrate Portugal into a set of international
initiatives. This portal offers a union catalog with digital
contents from more than 30 institutions. RCAAP - Repositrio
Cientfico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Theses Canada A union
catalog of Canadian theses and dissertations, in both electronic
and analog formats, is available through the search interface on
this portal. WorldCat NDLTD Union Catalog hosted by OCLC.
WorldCat
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- Indian ETD Initiatives ICSSR Theses repository Vidyanidhi:
http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/ Indian
Institute of science : http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/
http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore : http://www.opendoar.org/find.php?rID=149&format=f
ull http://www.opendoar.org/find.php?rID=149&format=f ull
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- ETD@JNU Approval of Academic Council, JNU Signing of MOU with
INFLIBNET Funding Plan
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- National Seminar on Managing Electronic Theses and
Dissertations 22-23 March 2012 - National Seminar on Managing
Electronic Theses and Dissertations was organized by Central
Library, JNU on at Convention Centre, JNU. JNU Library in
collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad organized a two-day
National Seminar on Managing Electronic Theses and Dissertations
(ETDs) on 22-23 March 2012. The Seminar was attended by over 300
participants from various institutions and universities in India.
The experts from various parts of the country delivered talks. The
key-note address was delivered by Dr. Vinod Chachra, Member, Boards
of Directors Network Digital Library for Theses and Dissertations
(NDLTD), USA. The discussions held in the Seminar were very useful
and provided a blue print for creation of ETD archive in various
universities in India.
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- Workshop on Development of Institutional Repository using
Dspace with special reference to creation of ETD Archive 23-27 July
2012 - Workshop on Development of Institutional Repository using
Dspace with special reference to creation of ETD Archive jointly
organized by JNU and INFLIBNET. This workshop is intended to equip
participants with skills for developing their own digital
libraries/institutional repositories. There will be lectures as
well as intensive hands-on training sessions by experts in the
field. Thus it will greatly help participants to update their
skills to build up digital repositories. The workshop trained the
professionals about; To provide background knowledge of the digital
library( in particularly Dspace) To provide hands-on experience in
using DSpace software How to handle and involved in installing,
administering and customising the DSpace software. The advanced
features of 1.8.3 version tools, RSS feeds for podcasts, discovery
faceted searching and browsing system, ability to enable automatic
virus checking during item upload etc.
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- Award of Digitization contract In-house Outsourcing Outside
Projects Collaborations Tendering Two bid systems Quality Checking
Archival Systems
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- Tender Document and award of contract for Digitization of
theses and dissertations at JNU Scope Objectives Job specifications
Technical specifications Sample submission Technical Committee
Sample digitization work Contract agreement In-house team to check
the quality
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- Digitization Process at JNU for ETD Receiving Unbinding
Preparing Document (File preparation) Scanning (Single Page TIFF)
Quality Control Copy editing Clearing (Image X) Rechecking OCRing
Conversion to searchable PDF(A) Quality Control Final Output
Binding Back to Shelf
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- Scanning
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- Cleaning of Image
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- Research Writings Most important things to follow What is
Plagiarism Types of Plagiarism Preventing plagiarism when writing
What is citation? How do I cite sources? Citation styles Listing
References Quoting Material What's a Bibliography? What are
Footnotes? Plagiarism Check, Grammar Check & Tutoring Important
Terms
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- Access to ETD@JNU Metdata Uploading on Library Server and
access using ILMS Creation of Institutional Repositories using
DSPACE Providing copies to SHODHGANGA for open access Creation of
ETD Lab Organisation of Author Workshops Turitin account to check
the plagiarism Change of Guidelines for submission of these and
dissertations
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- Conclusion Shodhganga is a good initiative but.. OA to ETD can
contribute in increasing both quality and quantity of Research in
Indian Universities It can check the plagiarism Can also check
duplication of efforts Can help Industry in furthering the research
OA to ETD can be done with very little efforts
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- Refrences http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/presentations/ETDgenreALL.
pdf http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/presentations/ETDgenreALL. pdf
http://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit/art
icle/view/149/64
http://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/djlit/art
icle/view/149/64 http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2012/04/05/crl-
356.full.pdf+html www.ndltd.org Peter Suber, Open Access to
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, DESIDOC Journal of Library and
Information Technology, Vol. 28, No. 1, January 2008, pp. 25-34
2008, DESIDOC
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