Preserving Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Findings of the Lifecycle Management for ETDs Project

Abstract

This paper conveys findings from four years of research conducted by the MetaArchive Cooperative, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), and the University of North Texas to investigate and document how academic institutions may best ensure that the electronic theses and dissertations they acquire from students today will be available to future researchers.

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Creators
Halbert, Martin; Skinner, Katherine; Schultz, Matt
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ischool; toronto; canada; archival information packages; data management; digital archives; digital curation; digital libraries; electronic theses and dissertations; etds; digital objects; digital preservation; distributed digital preservation; ingest; interoperability; micro-services; repository software; submission information packages
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CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 AT
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