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Theses Alive! John MacColl Project Director University of Edinburgh

Theses Alive! John MacColl Project Director University of Edinburgh. Project Structure. Origins: JISC pass-the-parcel Funded for 2 years (Nov 2002-Oct 2004) Edinburgh Project Director System Developer Project Officer + Pilot partners (Leeds, MMU, Cambridge, Nottingham, ?).

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Theses Alive! John MacColl Project Director University of Edinburgh

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  1. Theses Alive! John MacColl Project Director University of Edinburgh

  2. Project Structure • Origins: JISC pass-the-parcel • Funded for 2 years (Nov 2002-Oct 2004) • Edinburgh • Project Director • System Developer • Project Officer • + Pilot partners (Leeds, MMU, Cambridge, Nottingham, ?)

  3. Software Development • Product evaluation • Virginia Tech ETD-DB • Eprints.org • DSpace (new release imminent!)

  4. ETD Submission System for the UK • Communication between postgraduate students and their supervisors • Submission • Defence • Release • Permissions (abstract only?) • Domain restrictions • Metadata

  5. Metadata • UK-ETD Document Type Definition • Record for OPAC • Record for local theses database • British Thesis Service • Index to Theses

  6. Advocacy & Support • Web site • FAQs • Group of pilot partners • Dissemination to postgraduate students, academic staff and graduate school administrators • Cluster and sub-cluster partners • ETD-2003, Berlin

  7. www.thesesalive.ac.uk

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