EThOS Reflections
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EThOS Reflections Sara Gould UKCoRR Members’ Meeting 27 January 2012
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EThOS Reflections
Sara Gould
UKCoRR Members’ Meeting
27 January 2012
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EThOS beginnings
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Average AnnualDemand = 10k
Average AnnualDemand = 140k
To support HE through the transition from print to electronic and to expand available content via digitisation
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EThOS - Introduction
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EThOS - Introduction
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EThOS – snapshot of content
Total theses in EThOS
49000
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Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 J an-12
Total records in EThOS
280000
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284000
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288000
290000
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294000
296000
Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 J an-12
Records with links to IRs
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J an-09 J ul-09 J an-10 J ul-10 J an-11 J ul-11 J an-12
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EThOS – snapshot of use
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No of Dow nloads
No of click-throughs to IRtheses
No of requests fordigitisation
New registeredusers
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EThOS – First impressions
First impressions: Fantastic resource for researchers User experience Focus on ‘supply’ of items and digitisation Metadata
Now: Repositories are complex and evolving EThOS is very complicated
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EThOS – what’s happened recently?
Institutional membership model
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EThOS – new model
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EThOS – what’s happened recently?
Institutional membership model
Digitisation workflows
Technical development Dec 2011 start EThOS Admin – manage membership Digitisation funds management Transfer of records between EThOS and Primo Harvesting
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EThOS - Introduction
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EThOS – what’s happened recently?
Institutional membership model
Digitisation workflows
Technical development
Metadata Experts Batch upgrades Third party services Embargoes, sponsors, metadata projects
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EThOS new membership business model
2010 – new model emerged
Shared service between HE and BL Focus on e- Digitisation remains but now only one strand Respond to HE needs
EThOS Governing Board JISC, RLUK, Sconul, BL, RCUK, UKCGE, Cranfield, DART, AHUA - and
UKCoRR
Membership contribution JISC-banded November 2011 start Member benefits
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Future thinking – 1, Stabilise
Technical development De-bug Linked IR content Remove the basket for downloads Allow libraries to order on behalf of students
Metadata exposure Resource discovery services Google Catalogue records
Harvester and downloader
Embed membership model
Plagiarism protection
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Future thinking - 2, Enhance and consult
Raise visibility – marketing
Impact
Statistics
Search function
Metadata review
Preservation
Enhance and consult
Consult with members:
Survey, roadshows?
External environment
Repository managers, library managers, document supply
Recommendations to Board
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Future thinking – 3, Fit for purpose
Period of stability – know where we’re going
Implement changes
Drive costs down
Long-term strategy from 2013
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