1. 1 ETD-db, the Short Story ETD 2008: 11 th Int. Symp. on ETDs Aberdeen, Scotland: Newcomers Edward A. Fox, fox@vt.edu Executive Director, NDLTD, www.ndltd.org Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA http://fox.cs.vt.edu, Mobile: +1-540-230-6266

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3. Acknowledgements Gail McMillan Tony Atkins and his successors Hussein Suleman Ming Luo, Paul Mather, … James Volpe, Srinivas Santhanam Andrew Fabian

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5. History – 1 of 2 1996-1998 SURA, FIPSE support for systems,info,dissem. 19981103 Database driven set of scripts for submission, review, maintenance 19990924 Z39.50 support in annual refit of ETD database 19991013 Sharing ETD-db version 1 - first distribution for adapting locally –scripts, installation, help –submit, review, catalog, browse, search, and maintain an ETD database –also info on NDLTD, ETDs 19991201 new software in use at VT after transition 20000530 LSU sent ETD-db 20001117 Pablo de la Fuente interested in incorporating flexible workflow model 20010423 Library of Open University of Hong Kong evaluating ETD-db 20010713 Caltech goes live with ETD-db software 20010918 ETD-db OAI extensions made available

6. History – 2 of 2 2003 Discussions of using EPrints, DSpace,... 20030325 ETD-db with OAI version 2 support 20031020 ETD-db branch of development at Cape Town 20040203 Ariadne article comparing DSpace and ETD-db software 20040311 ADT workshop explaining options, including Australian ETD-db version 20071119 ETD0db updated to work with Banner 2008 Summer independent study by Srinivas Santhanam 2008 Summer coordination by Andrew Fabian of planned enhancements, e.g., CAS authentication

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8. Student support for submission –Prior to completion –Plagiarism detection (turnitin) –References upload / check / enhance –Semi-automatic classification –Semi-automatic translation / summarization –Help ensure migration (e.g., use XML, international standards)

9. Requirements Student support for access –Search Metadata, full-text, multilingual, multimedia –Browse Categories / dimensions / attributes Hypermedia (inside and between ETDs) –Alert / notify / recommend –Annotate –…

10. Requirements Administrator support –Easily change workflow –Connect with local systems: Banner, LDAP –Connect with partners (Proquest, turnitin, …) Harvest in Allow harvest –Quality analysis and reporting

11. Requirements Technology to use –Database: MySQL, Oracle, … –Workflow management –Multilingual –Multimedia –Search, SRU/SRW –OAI: bi-directional

12. Requirements Please contact Andrew Fabian and cc to me –Requirements –Technologies –Solutions –…