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University of Waterloo Electronic Thesis Project

University of Waterloo Electronic Thesis Project. Current Status Christine Jewell Information Services and Resources University of Waterloo. http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/. Current Status. Submission of Electronic Thesis Electronic Access Storage and Preservation.

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University of Waterloo Electronic Thesis Project

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  1. University of Waterloo Electronic Thesis Project Current Status Christine Jewell Information Services and Resources University of Waterloo Canadian Digital Libraries Symposium

  2. http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/

  3. Current Status • Submission of Electronic Thesis • Electronic Access • Storage and Preservation

  4. Electronic Submission Course • “Submitting Your Thesis Online” • Offered once a term • Hosted by the campus computing department • Co-taught by the computing department and the Library • Issues • Implications of publishing on the Web • Preservation and future access • Technical questions • File formats • Conversion to PostScript and PDF • Issues relating to theses originating in LaTeX

  5. Submission of Abstract • Web-based Abstract Form • Author identification • Bibliographic information • Abstract • keywords • Received on Library server • Automatically encoded in XML • Indexed to form the searchable database

  6. Submission of Thesis • Student uploads thesis as a single PostScript file • A .ps file results when a document is printed to file rather paper; it contains no more, no less than a paper version • “Enhanced Thesis” option • Supplements the PostScript thesis • Submitted in PDF • Multimedia files included as appendices • Video, Audio, Executable

  7. Graduate Studies Office • Checks thesis • GhostScript and GhostView • Communicates with student • Student may need to resubmit • Converts thesis to PDF • Submits PDF to UMI • Notifies Library of approval

  8. Electronic Thesis Access • The UW Library: • Installs PDF version of the thesis on a local server • Runs index to make the abstract public • OpenText search software • Catalogues the thesis • Includes a link to the thesis in the catalogue record • Maintains the UW E-thesis Database

  9. Storage: Campus Server • Both the PostScript and the PDF versions are stored and backed-up on a campus server • PostScript, the submission format, is also a preservation format • PostScript is a well-established format • As a last resort, PostScript could easily be converted to an image format, such as TIFF

  10. Preservation: NLC Fiche Archive • The National Library has contracted with UMI to film Canadian theses for long-term preservation • UMI films theses submitted in PDF

  11. The slides for this presentation are available on the Project’s homepage

  12. Project Team Members • Library • Christine Jewell, Resources & Services • Bill Oldfield, Library Systems • Graduate Studies Office • Lynn Judge, Director of Graduate Studies Services • Audrey Sloboda, Records and Theses Co-ordinator • Information Systems and Technology • Carol Vogt, Electronic Workplace • Stephen Carr, Client Services

  13. UW E-Thesis Project Homepage http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/ Database Course Notes E-Thesis Submission Regulations History of the Project Reports and Presentations FAQ

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