Global electronic thesis and dissertation repositories – collection diversity and management issues

Loan, Fayaz Ahmad; Shah, Ufaira Yaseen

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“…This scholar noted that attention to these issues has increased bibliographic access to theses. Loan and Shah (2020) examined the status of ETD repositories in the Directory of Open Access Repositories (DOAR) in terms of parameters such as regional distribution, subject classification, linguistic diversity, software, policy-making and management issues. In another study, Salau et al (2020) investigate the performance of ETD initiatives in the repositories of federal universities in Nigeria.…”

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Enrichment of Schema.org with cultural heritage context standards for the description and processing of electronic thesis and dissertations

Mohammadi Ostani,

Ebadollah Amoughin,

Jalili Manaf

2024

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Purpose This study aims to adjust Thesis-type properties on Schema.org using metadata models and standards (MS) (Bibframe, electronic thesis and dissertations [ETD]-MS, Common European Research Information Format [CERIF] and Dublin Core [DC]) to enrich the Thesis-type properties for better description and processing on the Web. Design/methodology/approach This study is applied, descriptive analysis in nature and is based on content analysis in terms of method. The research population consisted of elements and attributes of the metadata model and standards (Bibframe, ETD-MS, CERIF and DC) and Thesis-type properties in the Schema.org. The data collection tool was a researcher-made checklist, and the data collection method was structured observation. Findings The results show that the 65 Thesis-type properties and the two levels of Thing and CreativeWork as its parents on Schema.org that corresponds to the elements and attributes of related models and standards. In addition, 12 properties are special to the Thesis type for better comprehensive description and processing, and 27 properties are added to the CreativeWork type. Practical implications Enrichment and expansion of Thesis-type properties on Schema.org is one of the practical applications of the present study, which have enabled more comprehensive description and processing and increased access points and visibility for ETDs in the environment Web and digital libraries. Originality/value This study has offered some new Thesis type properties and CreativeWork levels on Schema.org. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first time this issue is investigated.

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Enrichment of Schema.org with cultural heritage context standards for the description and processing of electronic thesis and dissertations

Mohammadi Ostani,

Ebadollah Amoughin,

Jalili Manaf

2024

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“…In Brazil, even if some of the repositories of universities have started their preservation purpose, most of them have not published digital preservation policies in their repositories (da Silva Júnior and Manuel Borges, 2017). Globally, most repositories, which are archiving ETDs have not defined metadata, content submission and preservation policies (Loan and Yaseen, 2020). Policies play a significant role in content creation.…”

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Institutional repositories in South India: an exploratory study

Shajitha

Majeed

2021

GKMC

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the institutional repositories (IRs) in South India in terms of policy and procedures, technology, content and contributors, promotion and assessment and personnel. Design/methodology/approach A voluntary survey was conducted to assess IRs in South India. The questionnaire was designed according to the study framework, which comprises 64 indicators across five areas: policy and procedures, technology, content and contributors, promotion and assessment and personnel. Furthermore, all of the 23 IRs identified were monitored over one year period (from February 2018 to January 2019) to analyse the content growth. Findings The Research Archive of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad was found to provide more services to users than other South Indian IRs and it was the sole IR to embed a metadata field for author identification. Almost all the IRs were actively engaged in promotion and assessment activities. IR performance in the technology area was substandard in comparison with performance in the policy and procedures and promotion and assessment areas. For all South Indian IRs, content growth was low. Originality/value Very few in-depth studies have evaluated South Indian IRs across all five of the areas listed above and in recent years, no such comprehensive study has been conducted in India at all.

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Status of patent archives in Asian continent: a vivid picture from OpenDOAR

Sofi,

Mir

2023

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Purpose This study aims to highlight the many distinguishing characteristics of open-access repositories that archive “Patents” in the Directory of Open-Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) provided by Asian nations. Design/methodology/approach The OpenDOAR was chosen as a data collection tool that provides a quality-assured list of repositories indexed globally. The data was extracted on 28 March 2023. Findings The study found that only eight Asian countries contributed to open-access repositories on OpenDOAR, with China being the highest contributor. These countries mainly focused on institutional repositories, primarily using DSpace and English as the main language interface. Web 2.0 tools, especially RSS and Atom, were commonly used, along with some presence of social media platforms on the sites, although to a lesser extent. While many repositories followed the OAI-PMH protocol, a considerable portion did not adopt open-access policies. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first one that brings to light the different features of repositories archiving one of the important content types, i.e. “Patents” in the OpenDOAR by Asian countries.

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Global electronic thesis and dissertation repositories – collection diversity and management issues

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Enrichment of Schema.org with cultural heritage context standards for the description and processing of electronic thesis and dissertations

Enrichment of Schema.org with cultural heritage context standards for the description and processing of electronic thesis and dissertations

Institutional repositories in South India: an exploratory study

Status of patent archives in Asian continent: a vivid picture from OpenDOAR

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