1. Submitting Theses to Canada’s Portal A Pilot Project Theses Canada University of Waterloo Christine Jewell, University of Waterloo Ontario Library Association Super Conference January 29, 2004 http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/OLA.htm

2. Presentation Outline  Waterloo Ethesis Project http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/ Project team Etheses database Increasing access Ensuring access  Demo of electronic submission

3. The Project Team  The Library  Graduate Studies Office  Information Services and Technology  Graduate students  Faculty  Electronic submission an option in 1999

4. The Database  Open Web access  185 PhD and Masters theses (01/04)  Searchable metadata in HTML  Full text in PDF  UW Electronic Thesis Database UW Electronic Thesis Database

5. Increasing Access  Metadata harvested by the NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) http://www.ndltd.org/  Pilot project to make the metadata available to the Theses Canada PortalTheses Canada Portal

6. Ensuring Access  Electronic theses are uploaded to UMI where they are filmed for the Theses Canada fiche archive  Pilot project to upload electronic theses directly to the Theses Canada PortalTheses Canada Portal

7. Electronic Submission Process  Harvesting of metadata and theses A web-based submission form OAI compliant metadata  Bill Oldfield’s presentation: http://etheses.uwaterloo.ca/OAI/These-OAI.htm Theses stored on FTP server  Abstract and electronic thesis form Abstract and electronic thesis form