1. ETD Metadata T. Hickey ETD 2006 U.S. Regional University of Missouri-St. Louis 27 October 2006

2. Creation to Delivery  Student creates PDF file(s) of thesis  Enters PDF plus metadata into repository  Repository makes PDF file available for indexing by Web search engines Metadata available for harvesting  Metadata moves Into local library system Into WorldCat Harvested by NDLTD at OCLC NDLTD catalog harvested by Web search engines Web search engines harvest metadata  Users find metadata and indexes wherever they are  Thesis is just a click away

3. Union Catalog  Harvest from 60+ collections  Total of 250,000+ records  200,000 available in ETDMS, MARC-21 or both  Doubled over the last two years  Primarily for OAI-PMH access  Visible through Scirus, VTLS

4. Repository Software  VT ETD-db  DSpace  VTLS VALET  WorldCat  EPrints  Session this afternoon

5. Formats  ETD-MS  MARC-21  XMetaDiss (German)  Metadata Core Set for ETDs (UK)  Thèses Électroniques Françaises

6. ETD-MS  Based on Dublin Core  Standard needs some work  Has places for Advisors Referees Committee members Chairs Degree Degree level

7. MARC-21  Standard metadata format for libraries  Used for both electronic and paper theses  Moderately compatible with ETD-MS  Most complicated of the formats

8. XMetaDiss  Used in Germany  Compatible with EDT-MS  Adds Surname/forename for personal names Date issued/accepted Standard form of language (ISO 639-2) Granting institution place and department Standard classification based on DDC

9. Metadata Core Set for ETDs  Developed in the UK  Extended Dublin Core  Adds Advisor Abstract Subject.DDC, LCSH, MESH, UDC Sponsor Level Date issued References File version Extent

10. TEF  Thèses Électroniques Françaises  Compatible with ETD-MS, UNIMARC  Covers Descriptive metadata Administrative metadata Rights metadata Preservation  Uses a METS wrapper around FRBR pieces

11. Active Standardization Areas  Classification  Degree level  Rights

12. Classification  Ongoing problem Need for broad areas  Swedish: Ämneskategorier för vetenskapliga publikationer / Subject Categories for Scientific Publications  German set based on Dewey Decimal Classification  Both offer English versions  TEF says they will propose a list

13. Degree Level  Undergraduate (diploma?), Masters, Doctoral, Postdoctoral  No standard codes

14. Rights/Access control  Open vs. restricted  Commercial users especially interested in this

15. Links  http://www.ndltd.org/ http://www.ndltd.org/  http://www.ub.uu.se/epub/categories/index.cfm http://www.ub.uu.se/epub/categories/index.cfm  http://www.ndltd.org/standards/metadata/current.html http://www.ndltd.org/standards/metadata/current.html  http://www.greynet.org/images/GL7,_page_108.pdf http://www.greynet.org/images/GL7,_page_108.pdf  http://deposit.d-nb.de/xml-xsl/homepage/texte-neu- engl/xmetadiss_for_dc2004.pdf http://deposit.d-nb.de/xml-xsl/homepage/texte-neu- engl/xmetadiss_for_dc2004.pdf  http://alcme.oclc.org/ndltd/ http://alcme.oclc.org/ndltd/  http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/ http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/  http://www.abes.fr/abes/documents/tef/index.html http://www.abes.fr/abes/documents/tef/index.html

16. Thank you T. Hickey ETD 2006 U.S. Regional University of Missouri-St. Louis October 27, 2006