Electronic Theses and Dissertations and Academia: A Preliminary Study From India

Vijayakumar, J. K.; Murthy, Tal; Khan, M.T.M.

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2007.01.015

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“…Furthermore, ETD programs increasingly gain more and more appreciation from postgraduate students, academic staff, librarians and publishers. In recent years, supervisors, research students, and university librarians have become well aware of the ETD initiative (Barwick, 2007;Seamans, 2003;Vijayakumar, Murthy and Khan, 2007). Awareness of these programs seems also to have had an impact on the successful adoption of these programs.…”

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Factors Influencing the Adoption and Development of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Programs, with Particular Reference to the Arab Gulf States

Salmi

2008

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This paper aims to establish the framework for understanding the positive and negative factors affecting the adoption and development of electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) programs with particular reference to the situation in the Arab Gulf States. The reviewed literature shows that several interrelated factors have been found to encourage the adoption and development of ETD programs in university libraries: the appreciation of the benefits of ETD programs, awareness of these programs, and effective promotional and advocacy work that lead to cultural changes related to views on ETD programs. With regard to the Arab Gulf States, even though there is a lack of available literature, it appears that university libraries have the required infrastructure for encouraging the adoption and development of ETD programs. On the other hand some factors have been found to discourage the adoption of ETD programs. These include: technological factors, legal issues and other administrative issues. With regard to the Arab Gulf States, the available literature shows that some of the influencing factors are the same as those found in other countries, especially administrative and technological factors. In conclusion, it seems that most issues influencing the adoption and development of ETD programs can be resolved by undertaking appropriate promotional and advocacy activities.

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“…In India, for example, university librarians thought that government policies and administrative support could be an obstacle in creating ETD programs. Only twelve universities out of 65 responding had adopted policies to acquire ETDs (Vijayakumar, Murthy and Khan, 2007).…”

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Factors Influencing the Adoption and Development of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Programs, with Particular Reference to the Arab Gulf States

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2008

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“…Adopting an ETD programme is, sometimes, seen to involve several stages, including changing university regulations for degree completion and submission, and revision of operational responsibilities (Jewell, Judge, Oldfield & Tomalty-Crans, 2006). In India, for example, university librarians hold government policies and administrative support to be potentially major concerns in the implementation of an ETD programme (Vijayakumar, Murthy & Khan, 2007).…”

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“…ETD programmes are increasingly gaining more and more appreciation from postgraduate students, academic staff, librarians, publishers and key administrators and managers. In recent years, supervisors, research students and university librarians have become well aware of the ETD initiative (Vijayakumar et al, 2007). However, postgraduate students and their supervisors have been found to have concerns about legal issues, such as copyright, plagiarism and prior publication.…”

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“…In India, for example, university librarians believed that government policies and administrative support could represent an obstacle to creating ETD programmes. Vijayakumar et al (2007) conducted a survey covering Indian university librarians, PhD supervisors and PhD research students. Out of sixty-five librarians who responded to the survey, only twenty-two indicated that they had adopted policies to collect theses in electronic format.…”

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Electronic Theses and Dissertations Programmes in the Arab Gulf States: Exploring factors affecting their adoption and development

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<p>An increasing number of academic institutions all over the world have begun to adopt and develop electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) programmes. The adoption and development of these programmes is influenced by many factors. Despite considerable discussion on these factors in different countries, little has been written on the adoption and development of such programmes in the Arab Gulf States. Moreover, there has been no in-depth research-based investigation into the enablers and barriers that may have an impact on the adoption and development of ETD programmes in the Gulf States. Using a sequential exploratory design and mixed methods, this study attempts to fill this knowledge gap. The study explores the perceived enablers and barriers influencing the adoption and development of ETD programmes in the Arab Gulf States. It also develops a framework that outlines the factors influencing the adoption and development of ETD programmes in the Gulf States. The study is primarily qualitative, using semi-structured, face-to-face interviews in conjunction with the analysis of relevant documents to identify, develop an understanding of, and create a picture of the situation in the Gulf States in terms of the factors affecting the adoption and development of ETD programmes. The interviews cover the key stakeholders, which include postgraduate students, library managers, system administrators, postgraduate officers and academic staff. Forty-five participants from five universities in the Gulf States were interviewed. The results of the interviews provided the necessary information to undertake the second phase of the study (online survey). The primary aim of this was to test and explore, in a larger sample, the issues identified in the interviews. Three hundred and nine participants from four universities in the Gulf States completed the online survey. The results of the survey helped to confirm and complement the findings of the interviews. The research findings revealed that several factors were perceived to affect the adoption and development of ETD programmes in the Gulf States. These included the appreciation of the benefits of ETD programmes, the availability of the required resources to support ETD programmes, the perceived complexity of the technological processes as well as a number of social factors. An initial framework for analysis was developed using concepts from the literature review combined with the constructs of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The initial framework highlighted several enablers and barriers to the adoption and development of ETD programmes. Based on the research findings, further enablers and barriers emerged that had not been outlined in the preliminary research framework. These included concerns surrounding the perceived quality and quantity of theses and dissertations, which were perceived due to the newness of research programmes in the Gulf States. ETD programmes were perceived as increasing the currently limited availability of Arabic research on the internet. Moreover, as these states have strong economies, academic institutions were mostly equipped with the required technological infrastructure. In addition, the initial framework did not highlight any kind of influence between the five factors. However, the current research findings revealed that these five factors were interdependent and that some factors have an influence on the others. This is reflected in the revised framework. The preliminary framework also did not indicate which factor was the most influential, while the revised framework shows that the contextual factors were found to be influencing the institutional factors and this, in turn, influenced the personal perceptions. The revised framework is intended to provide guidance for universities and academic institutions in the Gulf States in adopting and developing ETD programmes. It is also hoped that by understanding the influencing factors, universities and academic institutions will be better placed to plan for and make informed investment decisions regarding the adoption and development of ETD programmes and that this will lead to their successful adoption and development in the Gulf States.</p>

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The Development of an Indian Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository: An Overview

Sheeja

2011

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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Electronic Theses and Dissertations and Academia: A Preliminary Study From India

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Factors Influencing the Adoption and Development of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Programs, with Particular Reference to the Arab Gulf States

Factors Influencing the Adoption and Development of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Programs, with Particular Reference to the Arab Gulf States

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Programmes in the Arab Gulf States: Exploring factors affecting their adoption and development

The Development of an Indian Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository: An Overview

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