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Submitting Theses to Canadas 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

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Presentation Outline

• Waterloo Ethesis Project
• http//www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ETD/
• Project team
• Etheses database
• Increasing access
• Ensuring access
• Demo of electronic submission

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The Project Team

• The Library
• Graduate Studies Office
• Information Services and Technology
• Graduate students
• Faculty
• Electronic submission an option in 1999

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The Database

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

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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 Portal

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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 Portal

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Electronic Submission Process

• Harvesting of metadata and theses
• A web-based submission form
• OAI compliant metadata
• Bill Oldfields presentation
• http//etheses.uwaterloo.ca/OAI/These-OAI.htm
• Theses stored on FTP server
• Abstract and electronic thesis form