Submitting Theses to Canada’s Portal

A Pilot ProjectTheses CanadaUniversity of Waterloo

Christine Jewell, University of WaterlooOntario Library Association Super ConferenceJanuary 29, 2004http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/OLA.htm

Presentation Outline

Waterloo Ethesis Projecthttp://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/ Project team Etheses database Increasing access Ensuring access

Demo of electronic submission

The Project Team

The Library Graduate Studies Office Information Services and Technology Graduate students Faculty Electronic submission an option in 1999

The Database

Open Web access 185 PhD and Masters theses (01/04)

Searchable metadata in HTML Full text in PDF UW Electronic Thesis Database

Increasing Access

Metadata harvested by the NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations)

http://www.ndltd.org/

Pilot project to make the metadata available to the Theses Canada Portal

Ensuring Access

Electronic theses are uploaded to UMI where they are filmed for the Theses Canada fiche archive

Pilot project to upload electronic theses directly to the Theses Canada Portal

Electronic Submission Process

Harvesting of metadata and theses A web-based submission form OAI compliant metadata

Bill Oldfield’s presentation: http://etheses.uwaterloo.ca/OAI/These-OAI.htm

Theses stored on FTP server

Abstract and electronic thesis form