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Introduction

 

Since ETD project inception in fall 2007, over 2500 ETDs have transfered to the UNT Libraries' server.  Libraries are well suited for supporting ETD users by integrating ETDs into the existing digital resources. Among other tools and functionalities, the UNT Libraries offer advanced search mechanisms and a number of other added values to the users that enhance the ETD use.

 

UNT ETD Collection Size

 

The number of ETDs at the University of North Texas has grown at an even faster pace. From just 119 in 1999, to more than 2,600 ETDs in early 2008. Table 1 and 2 show breakdowns of the current numbers of ETDs as of May 2008 organized by semester, year, and access level.

 Year Spring (May)  Summer (August)
Winter (December)
Total 
2007 122 119 103 344
 2006 102
100
124
326 
 2005 086
112
086
284
 2004 107
116
079
302 
 2003 116
111
100
327
 2002 095
109
093
297
 2001 103
109
079
291 
 2000 112
117
086
315
 1999 019
037
063
119
 Total

862

930

813

2605

         

Table-1: No. of ETDs by semester from Spring 1999 to Fall 2007

 Year Open  Permission  Restricted  Total 
2007 344 00 000 344
 2006 213
28  083  324 
 2005 198 23  060  281
 2004 207 24  072  303 
 2003 233 21 071 325
 2002 217 03
074 294
 2001 172 04
086  262 
 2000 196 01  105  302
 1999 069 02  043  114
 Total

1849

106

594

2549

         

Table-2: No. of ETDs by Access Level from 1999 to 2007

 

 The Texas Digital Library (TDL)

 

Founded in 2005, the Texas Digital Library (TDL) is a multi-university consortium dedicated to providing the digital infrastructure to support a fully online scholarly community for institutions of higher education in Texas. Through the establishment of shared policies and standards, forums for professional interaction, expertise in digital collections and preservation, and robust technical services, the TDL aims to increase the availability of the enormous intellectual capital produced throughout Texas universities. (TDL, 2008).

One of the founding aims of the TDL is to share the resources of multiple universities across a common structure. As a member institution, University of North Texas contribute to one of the TDL’s largest projects, the creation of a digital repository for ETDs produced throughout Texas colleges and universities.

To create shareable metadata and ensure interoperability with TDL members institutions and and other aggregators such as the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), the UNT Libraries provide mapping document for ETD metadata to TDL, Dublin Core (DC) and NDLTD metadata, which uses a qualified Dublin Core schema.

 

Future Plan

 

Many of the ETD's users are already accustomed to Web 2.0 type of services. Accordingly the UNT Libraries intended to identify innovative ways of providing enhanced services to ETD users. Among other future enhancements, we will link name authority information into the metadata records to support unique and consistent identification of UNT departments, committee members, and others associated with the works. Additional research efforts include advanced search and browse mechanisms that support the development of Web 2.0 type of services to help our ETD users.

 

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