1. Creating Health Sciences Theses Institutional Repository Model : An approach at AIIMS, New Delhi, India. Sangeeta Narang*, S. Kailash**, S. K. Meher*** and Jagdish Arora**** * Librarian, B.B. Dikshit Library, AIIMS, New Delhi, India **System Analyst, Computer Facility, AIIMS, New Delhi, India *** Sr. Programmer, Computer Facility, AIIMS, New Delhi, India ****Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

2. Introduction Theses and dissertations constitute raw, rich and unique research information involving huge investments Output of two to five years of intense work Characterized by originality, improvements and innovations

3. Objectives To put raw information into useful knowledge Develop a mechanism and means for depositing, archiving and accessing of theses and dissertations

4. Benefits Enhances readership Quality research Minimizes duplication of efforts Increases scientific output Draw back Few find way to publication channels while some do not

5. Initiatives in India Association of Indian Universities(AIU) The Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Developing Library Network (DELNET) Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) Vidyanidhi has evolved as a national repository for e-thesis

6. About institute The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was established in 1956 as an institution of National importance Its main objective is to bring together educational facilities of the highest order It has comprehensive facilities for teaching, research and patient care

7. About library B.B. Dikshit Library of the institute receives on an average 250 theses and dissertations per year from post graduate and doctoral students in the multispeciality areas of health sciences At present library holds 4600 thesis, the bibliographic details are available on library’s Open Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) with in library

8. Methodology Questionnaire based survey to determine the utility and feasibility of the system Based on survey and literature search a model is devised

9. User’s survey A total of 140 of the 165 surveys distributed were received from 33 undergraduate students, 62 resident doctors, 24 researcher and 21 faculty members.

10. Findings Utilization of library’s OPAC

11. User’s response Online availability of theses

12. Result Findings revealed that users need ETD institutional repository Convenience and comforts essential for busy doctors Reliable and quality assured databases must

13. Proposed model Registered users Standard Mechanism and means of submission Metadata Support Building e- prints archive – Interoperable – Based on OAI-PMH protocol OAI Registration Access rights Data security

15. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Server HARDWARE Server Grade Machine with minimum 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD SOFTWARE OS: Windows: NT server, 2000 Server / Sun Solaris/Redhat Linux. Database: Oracle, SQL, PostgreSQL or MySql. Application Server: BEA Weblogic, Oracle 9iAS. Web Server :Apache

16. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Contd…) Client HARDWARE Pentium, with minimum 64 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD SOFTWARE OS: Windows 2000, XP, NT Other Software: MS Office 2000, Internet Explorer, Netscape

18. Technological options E-Prints Dspace ETD-Db Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture ( FEDORA) Theses Alive Plug-in for Institutional Repositories (TAPIR)

19. Major issues Plagiarism Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Copyright Poor standard

20. Conclusion Health Sciences demands real time delivery of information to the right sources at right places in right format The system so proposed will meet the users’ requirements and once implemented will go a long way in providing improved access, sharing and use of research output