ETD INITIATIVE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA :A ROADMAP PATEKA MATSHAYA ETD 6 TH SYMPOSIUM 21 ST MAY 2003

Introduction Academic Libraries Theses and dissertations in the past Databases International : UMI ASLIB, UCTD,NAVTECH, PROQUEST Limitation :List physical descriptions no access to CONTENT

ETD Benefits ACCESS TO FULLTEXT SPACE SAVING WIDER DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWLEDGE SAVE BINDING AND PRINTING COSTS PROMOTE COLLABORATION E- PUBLSIHING EXPOSURE

ETD PROJECT : SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES RHODES UNIVERSITY 1998 VISIT BY EDWARD FOX : SEALS SEALS MELLON FOUNDATION CURRENT PROGRESS : GAELIC  UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA  RANDS AFRIKAANS UNIVERITY  UNISA  WITWATERSRAND  SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTIONS : ETD CONCEPT

Background : UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE OLDEST AFRIKAANS UNIVERSITY 1904 MISSION : Equitable innovative university STUDENT POPULATION 3000 SENIOR GRADUATES PER YEAR PARALLEL MEDIUM TEACHING LEADING RESEARCH UNIVERSITY E-DEGREE PROGRAMMES 2000

UFS ETD APPROACH POLICY PILOT PROJECT (17 ) ETD-Database STEERING COMMITTEE MARKETING FACULTY OPINIONS  E-PUBLISHING IMPLICATIONS  FULL TEXT VS ABSTRACT AVAILABILITY  COPYRIGHT  QUALITY ASSURANCE

FREE STATE UNIVERSITY : ETD MODEL CURRENT SCENARIO Virtual Library ETD HOSTING : LIBRARY MEDIUM AND LONG TERM NEW STUDENT CENTRE

LIBRARY ROLE: ETD PROJECT NDLTD CATALOGUE MAINTANANCE LINKS ON THE CATALOGUE INSERT KEYWORD SEARCH TERMS TRAINING

LESSONS LEARNT VIRGINIA SOFTWARE INSTALLATION TRAINING SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT CLARITY PROBLEMS Files with Mathematical Data Graphs T/D’s saved with separate files Stiffy diskettes were empty others with drafts

CONCLUSION T/D’S ARE ON A HIGH DEMAND ETD WILL ALLEVIATE WORK PRESSURE NATIONAL APPROACH TO THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERTISE AND NATIONAL CENTRES