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Transcript of EThOS: Where have we got to and where do we go next? FIL Conference 29 June 2015 Sara Gould.
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EThOS: Where have we got to and where do we go next?
FIL Conference29 June 2015 Sara Gould
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Where have we got to?
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Where have we got to?
2010 aims:• To offer a ‘single point of access’ where researchers the
world over can access ALL Doctoral theses produced by UK HE via an Open Access model.
• To support HEIs through the transition from print to e-theses.
• To help UK HEIs expand available content by digitising paper theses.
• To demonstrate the quality of UK research and help attract students and research investment into UK HE.
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Records in EThOS
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Source of new EThOS records
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Title pages received
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Full theses available via EThOS
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Access to the full texts
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Annual usage, by month
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Usage – downloads v. clickthroughs
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Digitisation on demand
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Where do we go next?
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The road ahead
• ‘Central hub’ just one option
• Digitise born e-
• Download Link
• ‘Supply’ Provide access
Where is the value of EThOS today?
We want to find out by asking you …
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Consultation coming up …
1. Preservation for theses– Long-stated commitment from EThOS– What does it mean?– Is it something institutions want?– By institution or for all HE?– EThOS or British Library service?– How could it work?
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2. A national collection?
• British Library content strategy for doctoral theses
• Held by BL but not via EThOS?
• How could it work (how would BL build a collection without a mandate?)
• Does e-Legal Deposit have a role?
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3. Role and value of EThOS
• We want all traffic to come to our repository
• We like the fact that users have to register to use EThOS
• Offering a repository link and a downloadable copy in the same record is confusing
• We don’t want EThOS to hold our theses but we do want BL to archive them
• EThOS has the best metadata around
• The search interface is not good
• Almost all our users comes direct from Google.
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4. Metadata
• De-duplication
• Aggregation from multiple sources – and multiple formats (Marc, Dublin Core …)
• Dewey
• Re-use of the aggregated set – harvestable by institution; by subject; full-text only
• Advice on repository set-up and metadata export
• New initiatives – ORCiD, ISNI, DOI identifiers.
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5. Technology and the future
• EThOS product needs enhancement
• What’s the best approach?
• New types of PhD & thesis formats
• Research data & supplementary files
• Monograph publication & OA theses
• Time to stop treating them separately to other works?
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Consultation planning
• Institutions are our major stakeholder– Formal consultation exercise
• Users – repeat survey from 2013
• Funders & Research Councils– Potential mandates– Value of aggregated metadata (Research Fish)– Trend analysis
• British Library.
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Thank you