Launching an ETD Program in a New Repository
Location
Cook 206Z / Zoom Room B
Presentation Type
Short Concurrent Session
Start Date
26-4-2024 3:00 PM
Description
In 2023, UTSA Libraries undertook a project to ingest ETDs into its institutional repository, the Runner Research Press (RRP). UTSA did not have an institutional repository until RRP was launched in 2020, and ETDs were not previously included. Prior to this project, ETDs were housed solely in the ProQuest Theses and Dissertations database, with the library's Special Collections department housing print copies of theses and dissertations written before 2014. Through this project, nearly 4,000 ETDs from 2008-2023 were ingested into the repository, and librarians worked with the Graduate School to require that, going forward, all theses and dissertations be made available open access in RRP. This presentation will outline the different components of the project from start to finish, particularly focused on developing a work plan, managing external partnerships with the UTSA Graduate School and ProQuest, copyright considerations, metadata issues, process and workflow documentation, and outreach to former students. This presentation will be of interest to anyone at an institution who is considering digitizing print theses and dissertations or collecting ETDs in their repository for the first time.
Presentation Slides
Launching an ETD Program in a New Repository
Cook 206Z / Zoom Room B
In 2023, UTSA Libraries undertook a project to ingest ETDs into its institutional repository, the Runner Research Press (RRP). UTSA did not have an institutional repository until RRP was launched in 2020, and ETDs were not previously included. Prior to this project, ETDs were housed solely in the ProQuest Theses and Dissertations database, with the library's Special Collections department housing print copies of theses and dissertations written before 2014. Through this project, nearly 4,000 ETDs from 2008-2023 were ingested into the repository, and librarians worked with the Graduate School to require that, going forward, all theses and dissertations be made available open access in RRP. This presentation will outline the different components of the project from start to finish, particularly focused on developing a work plan, managing external partnerships with the UTSA Graduate School and ProQuest, copyright considerations, metadata issues, process and workflow documentation, and outreach to former students. This presentation will be of interest to anyone at an institution who is considering digitizing print theses and dissertations or collecting ETDs in their repository for the first time.
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