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ETD Programs/Projects: Identification of Some Indicators for Success. T. S. Kumbar Librarian IIT Gandhinagar tskumbar@iitgn.ac.in 22 nd March, 2012. Outline. Introduction ETD Initiatives International Country specific India : Metadata & Full Text India : Institutional level
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ETD Programs/Projects: Identification of Some Indicators for Success T. S. Kumbar Librarian IIT Gandhinagar tskumbar@iitgn.ac.in 22nd March, 2012
Outline • Introduction • ETD Initiatives • International • Country specific • India : Metadata & Full Text • India : Institutional level • Indicators: A study • Ranking • Conclusion
Introduction • Thesis & Dissertations are unique sources of valuable information • Contain innovative ideas & solutions thus adding new knowledge to the pool of primary sources • Involves collaborative work of researchers & faculty • Providing easy & wider access is important • Institutions, national & international organizations have initiated ETD • In India UGC has issued regulations & notifications • INFLIBNET is coordinating efforts at national level
ETD Initiatives: International Level • NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations – over 100 universities • DART- Europe E-Theses Portal - 19 countries • DiVA – Academic Archive On-line- 28 Nordic countries • PQDT OPEN: ProQuest Digital Theses
ETD Initiatives:Country Specific • Ethos: Electronic Theses Online Service (British Lib. UK) • Theses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) • ADT-Australasian Digital Thesis Program • DissOnline- German universities • NARCIS-National Academic Research & Collaborations Information System-The Netherlands • National ETD Portal: South African theses & dissertations
ETD Initiatives in India: Metadata Level • Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations (1857-1993) and University News (AIU) • Indian Science Abstracts- List of Theses (NISCAIR) • IndCat : Online Catalogue of Theses - INFLIBNET • VidyanidhiProject: Indian Theses Database • Database of Theses and Dissertations - DELNET • Database of PhD Theses - NASSDOC
ETD Initiatives in India: Full Text • Shodhganga- a reservoir of Indian Theses • Vidyanidhi Digital Library of Indian Doctoral Dissertations • CSIR Explorations • KrishiPrabha: Indian Agricultural Doctoral Dissertation Repository • Self Archiving Subject Repositories • OpenMed@NIC • Librarian’s Digital Library-DRTC • Open Index Initiative- IGIDR
ETD Initiatives in India: InstitutionalLevel • Directory of Open Access Repositories - 53 • Registry of Open Access Repositories - 83 • Academic Institutions -27 • Research Institutions & others -16 • Out of these, nearly 20 are ETD • Shodhganga 45+ Universities
ETD Discovery Tools/Sources • OpenDOAR : Directory of Open Access Repositories • OAIster (WorldCat) • ScientificCommons.org • BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine • CASSIR: Cross Archive Search Service for Indian Institutional Repositories
Overview of a Study of Identification of Indicators • Background • Had 48 indicators listed in the form of statements • 33 out of 40 experts responded on 1-5 scale • 1 point standing for least importance & 5 points standing for highest importance • Objective • To find out most important success indicators • To list indicators according to the ratings based on experts’ opinion • Outcome • Indicators ranked on basis of their importance • Ranks allotted to indicators corresponding to highest ratings
To sum up… • Number of ETD initiatives have come up at national & international level • More institutions are yet to join these initiatives • Collection of ETD has to grow • To make ETD initiatives to be successful, number of indicators are to be considered • Study presented lists some of the most important ones • These success indicators can be considered as startup factors with required modifications
References • Westell, Mary Institutional repositories: proposed indicators of success Library Hi Tech Vol.24 no2 2006 pp211-226 • Shearer, Kathleen Institutional repositories: towards the identification of critical success factors http://caisacsi.ca/proceedings/2003/Shearer_2003.pdf • Henty, Margaret Ten major issues in providing a repository service in Australian Universities D-Lib Magazine Vol. 13 no. 5/6 May/June, 2007 http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may07/henty/05henty.html