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From central administration of hardcopy Bachelor- and Master theses towards a decentralized ETD-system with value added services
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Abstract
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| Thesis administration has been the responsibility of the Central Library of the Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen since 1980. A production process has been developed to publish hardcopy theses. This primarily manual workflow has been computerized over the years and since 1997 students have been obliged to submit an electronic thesis in addition to the hard copy. This automation process has been constantly evolving. At first, all metadata and links to full text documents were imported in the library catalogue. The next step was the development of an ETD repository for all Flemish institutes of higher education. A newly built software called 'DoKS' auto mates the whole process of thesis administration. (upload titles, metadata and full text, export functions to the library catalogue, external publisher, etc.) and is built in such a way that theses from different institutes are decentrally stored yet at the same time available through one interface. Standards and protocols were taken into account to guarantee interoperability (Open Archives Initiative, Dublin Core, XML, etc.). http://doks.khk.be/eindwerk is an example of a local DoKS repository. A central DoKS-server can be consulted at http://www.doks.be. At the moment the DoKS system is being optimized to generate value added services in response to the needs of private industry and academic staff. An alert and portfolio component has been integrated in order to make the ETD-system usable as a recruitment database. The ETD repositories are being used by the Flemish Chamber of Engineers as an integral part of a project aimed at stimulating entrepreneurship. A DoKS built-in scripting engine provides different automation opportunities (quality control, title and abstract listings, publishing, etc.). The paper will focus on the advantages of a central administration of theses and on value added services generated by an ETD-system. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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ETD2005 : evolution through discovery : 8th International symposium on electronic theses and dissertations, 28-30 September 2005, Sydney, Australia
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Publication
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2005
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(2005)
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Full text (open access)
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