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The Guide for Electronic Theses and Dissertations Introduction | Universities | Students | Technical Issues | Training | The Future 1.
Introduction: Purpose and scope
of this document (Edward Fox) 1.1.
What are
ETDs? (Edward Fox) 1.1.1.
ETDs as new genre of documents (Edward Fox) 1.2.
Why ETDs? (Edward Fox and Joseph M. Moxley) 1.2.1.
Minimize duplication of effort (Edward Fox) 1.2.2.
Improve visibility
(Edward Fox) 1.2.3.
Accelerate workflow: graduate more quickly, make ETDs available faster
to
outside audience (Edward
Fox) 1.2.4.
Costs and benefits
(Edward Fox) 1.3.
Purpose, goals, objectives of ETD activities (Edward Fox) 1.3.1.
Helping students be better prepared as knowledge
workers (Edward Fox) 1.3.1.1.
Helping
students be original (Joseph M. Moxley) 1.3.1.2.
Helping
students network professionally (Joseph M. Moxley) 1.3.2.
Improving graduate education, and
quality/expressiveness of ETDs (Edward Fox) 1.3.2.1.
Helping
faculty (Joseph M. Moxley) 1.3.3.
Increasing
readership of ETDs, communicating research results (Edward
Fox and Joseph M. Moxley) 1.3.4.
Helping
universities develop digital library services & infrastructure (Edward Fox) 1.3.5.
Increasing
sharing and collaboration among universities and students (Edward Fox) 1.3.6.
Enhancing access to university research (Edward Fox) 1.3.6.1.
Searching (Edward
Fox) 1.3.6.2.
Browsing: Classification systems, classification
schemes used in
different disciplines (Edward Fox) 1.3.6.3.
Well known sites/resources for ETDs (Susanne Dobratz ) 1.4.
Brief history of ETD activities: 1987-2000 (Edward Fox) 1.5.
Global cooperation in ETD activities (Edward Fox) 1.6.
Overview of
rest of the Guide (Edward
Fox) 2.
Universities 2.1.
Why ETDs? (Ana Pavani) 2.1.1.
Reasons and strategies for archiving electronic
theses and dissertations (Ana Pavani) 2.2.
How to develop an ETD program? (Ana Pavani) 2.2.1.
Scenarios
illustrating approaches, schedules and workflow (Edward Fox
and Jose
H. Canos Cerda) 2.2.2.
Role of the Graduate School / Graduate Program (John Eaton) 2.2.3.
Role of the Library and Archives (Gail McMillan) 2.3.
What are the key concerns and their resolution? 2.3.1.
Intellectual Property Rights (Gail McMillan and Edward Fox) 2.3.2.
Publishers (Gail
McMillan) 2.3.3.
Human resources and expertise needed for an ETD program (Gail McMillan; Universite
Montreal) 2.3.4.
Sources for funding
(Australian Digital Theses Program; Universite Montreal) 2.3.5.
Costs (Gail McMillan; Universite
Montreal) 2.3.5.1.
Processing
charges (Edward Fox) 2.3.5.2.
Budgets (Universite
Montreal) 2.3.6.
Plagiarism (Jean-Claude Guedon) 2.4.
Assessment and Measurement (Gail
McMillan; Universite Montreal; Joan Lippincott) 2.4.1.
Introduction (Joan Lippincott) 2.4.2.
Types of assessment
(Joan Lippincott) 2.4.3.
The assessment and
measurement
process
(Joan Lippincott) 2.4.4.
Measuring production and
use of ETDs:
Useful
models (Joan
Lippincott) 2.4.5.
Statistics and usage
(Gail McMillan) 2.4.6.
Measurement in related
contexts (Joan Lippincott and
Jose
H. Canos Cerda ) 2.4.7.
Guidelines for implementing an
assessment
program for ETDs (Joan Lippincott) 2.4.8.
Student comments (Gail
McMillan) 2.4.9.
Resources list (Joan
Lippincott) 2.5.
Policy Initiatives: National, regional, and
local,
discipline
specific, language
specific
(Universite Lyon 2; 2.5.1.
Policy Initiatives: The
case of
france
(Jean Paul Ducasse) 2.6.
E-Commerce: Fee based
methods (Australian Digital Theses Program; Universite Montreal) 3.
Students (Edward Fox) 3.1.
How to learn
about ETDs? (workshops, online resources, helpers) (Edward Fox and Joseph Moxley) 3.1.1.
Importance of satisfying local requirements (Edward Fox) 3.1.2.
Learning from other ETDs
(Edward
Fox) 3.2.
How to
prepare an ETD? (approaches) (Edward Fox) 3.2.1.
Overview: writing with word
processors and structured editors (Edward Fox) 3.2.2.
Writing in
word processing systems (Edward Fox) 3.2.2.1.
Microsoft Word and Office 2000 ( 3.2.2.1.1.
Using Style
Sheets (Suzanne Dolbratz) 3.2.2.1.2.
Using
Plug-ins: Bibliography Plug-in (José H. Canós Cerdá) 3.2.2.2.
Corel WordPerfect ( 3.2.2.3.
LaTeX ( 3.2.2.4.
Other Systems 3.2.2.4.2.
FrameMaker ( 3.2.3.
Writing directly in SGML/XML (Universite Montreal; Universite Lyon 2; 3.2.4.
Preparing a PDF document ( 3.2.4.2.
From LaTeX ( 3.2.5.
Preparing for conversion to SGML/XML ( 3.2.5.1.
In MS Word ( 3.2.5.2.
In WordPerfect ( 3.2.5.4.
In LaTeX ( 3.2.5.5.
Checking and correcting
( 3.2.6.
Integrating multimedia elements (Simon Pockley) 3.2.7.
Providing metadata – inside, outside documents (Simon Pockley) 3.2.8.
Protecting
intellectual property / how to deal with plagiarism (Edward Fox) 3.3.
Naming standards : file names; unique Ids (Australian Digital Theses Program) 3.4.
How to submit your ETD?
(Gail McMillan; 3.4.1.
Local support (Australian Digital Theses Program) 3.4.2.
Typical workflow, local policies and procedures (Australian Digital Theses Program; Gail McMillan; KSR) 3.5.
Becoming a
researcher in the electronic age (Edward Fox) 4.
Technical issues (Edward
Fox) 4.1.
Infrastructure (Edward Fox) 4.1.1.
Contexts: local, regional, national, global (Ana Pavani) 4.1.2.
Networking (Edward Fox) 4.1.3.
Seamless
access: Open Archives Initiative, federated search
(Edward Fox) 4.2.
Production of
ETDs 4.2.1.
Overview (Edward Fox) 4.2.1.1.
Hardware
needed 4.2.1.2.
Software needed (Charles
Myers) 4.2.2.
Page Description Languages (Melanie Warfel) 4.2.2.1.
Software
(Melanie Warfel) 4.2.3.
Markup
Languages - SGML/ XML (Edward
Fox) 4.2.3.1.
Software (Universite
Montreal; 4.2.3.2.
DTDs for ETDs ( 4.2.3.2.1.
Berlin DTD workshop
( 4.2.3.3.
Support for students to write directly in
XML (Dilshad Akhter and Edward Fox)
4.2.3.4.
Conversions ( 4.2.3.4.1.
Word, Word Perfect or other RTF-compatible tools (Charles Myers; Universite Lyon 2;
Humboldt-University Berlin) |