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ETD-db, the Short Story ETD 2008: 11 th Int. Symp. on ETDs Aberdeen, Scotland: Newcomers Edward A. Fox, fox@vt.edu Executive Director, NDLTD, www.ndltd.org Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA http://fox.cs.vt.edu, Mobile: +1-540-230-6266. Outline. Acknowledgements History Requirements.

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  1. ETD-db, the Short StoryETD 2008: 11th Int. Symp. on ETDsAberdeen, Scotland: NewcomersEdward A. Fox, fox@vt.edu Executive Director, NDLTD, www.ndltd.orgVirginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USAhttp://fox.cs.vt.edu, Mobile: +1-540-230-6266

  2. Outline • Acknowledgements • History • Requirements

  3. Acknowledgements • Gail McMillan • Tony Atkins and his successors • Hussein Suleman • Ming Luo, Paul Mather, … • James Volpe, Srinivas Santhanam • Andrew Fabian

  4. Outline • Acknowledgements • History • Requirements

  5. History – 1 of 2 • 1996-1998 SURA, FIPSE support for systems,info,dissem. • 19981103 Database driven set of scripts for submission, review, maintenance • 19990924 Z39.50 support in annual refit of ETD database • 19991013 Sharing ETD-db version 1 - first distribution for adapting locally • scripts, installation, help • submit, review, catalog, browse, search, and maintain an ETD database • also info on NDLTD, ETDs • 19991201 new software in use at VT after transition • 20000530 LSU sent ETD-db • 20001117 Pablo de la Fuente interested in incorporating flexible workflow model • 20010423 Library of Open University of Hong Kong evaluating ETD-db • 20010713 Caltech goes live with ETD-db software • 20010918 ETD-db OAI extensions made available

  6. History – 2 of 2 • 2003 Discussions of using EPrints, DSpace, ... • 20030325 ETD-db with OAI version 2 support • 20031020 ETD-db branch of development at Cape Town • 20040203 Ariadne article comparing DSpace and ETD-db software • 20040311 ADT workshop explaining options, including Australian ETD-db version • 20071119 ETD0db updated to work with Banner • 2008 Summer independent study by Srinivas Santhanam • 2008 Summer coordination by Andrew Fabian of planned enhancements, e.g., CAS authentication

  7. Outline • Acknowledgements • History • Requirements

  8. Requirements • Student support for submission • Prior to completion • Plagiarism detection (turnitin) • References upload / check / enhance • Semi-automatic classification • Semi-automatic translation / summarization • Help ensure migration (e.g., use XML, international standards)

  9. Requirements • Student support for access • Search • Metadata, full-text, multilingual, multimedia • Browse • Categories / dimensions / attributes • Hypermedia (inside and between ETDs) • Alert / notify / recommend • Annotate • …

  10. Requirements • Administrator support • Easily change workflow • Connect with local systems: Banner, LDAP • Connect with partners (Proquest, turnitin, …) • Harvest in • Allow harvest • Quality analysis and reporting

  11. Requirements • Technology to use • Database: MySQL, Oracle, … • Workflow management • Multilingual • Multimedia • Search, SRU/SRW • OAI: bi-directional

  12. Requirements • Please contact Andrew Fabian and cc to me • Requirements • Technologies • Solutions • …

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