Managing and Improving Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Programs: A Practical Guide for Librarians

by Matthew C. Mariner

Overview

This book presents strategies for collecting and managing both traditional and non-traditional theses and terminal projects. It provides readers with illustrated project workflows, real-world case studies, project starters for non-traditional theses, tips and advice on authors’ rights, and helpful resources for further study and assistance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538101001
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/04/2018
Series:	Practical Guides for Librarians , #36
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	8.48(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Matthew C. Mariner is the digital collections manager at Auraria Library, a tri-institutional academic library serving the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Community College of Denver all on one campus in downtown Denver, Colorado. He specializes in audiovisual digitization, ETD management, and the collection, digitization, and dissemination of undergraduate and non-traditional theses and dissertations.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Foundations of ETD Management Chapter 2. Establishing an ETD Collecting Program Chapter 3. Authors’ Rights in ETDs Chapter 4. Retrospective Thesis and Dissertations Digitization Chapter 5. Capstones, Projects, and Other Unique Formats Chapter 6. Enhancing ETD Collections and Preparing for the Future Chapter 7 Essential Takeaways

Editorial Reviews

This book provides a coherent and practical guide to electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) and related program implementation and repository collection management to enhance scholarly communications at colleges and universities. It includes comprehensive discussions on born-digital and retrospective digitization projects, scope and types of collections, campus outreach, logistics, author rights, institutional responsibilities, academic publishing trends, repository systems and services, resource management, standards and preservation. This well-documented text offers relevant real-world examples and illustrations as well as sources for further assistance. Written in easily digestible sections, this invaluable and timely resource will be appreciated by novice as well as veteran librarians, graduate school administrators and information technologists.

John H. Hagen

.. . I would recommend this guide for library and information science collections. As the art of managing ETD programs matures within academic libraries, this book usefully covers some established best practices. After about five years of managing ETDs myself, I came away with new ideas about moving past some of the stumbling blocks in our program. With very few existing monographs on the topic, Mariner has made an important contribution to the literature.

Technical Services Quarterly

Managing and Improving Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Programs, by Matthew C. Mariner, is a must have for the reference shelves of prospective, new or even well-established Electronic Thesis or Dissertation (ETDs) programs. ETD’s have been around for 20 years but that does not make them easy to establish, manage or improve. With chapter topics including authors’ rights, retrospective digitization and capstone projects, anyone involved in any phase of an ETD program would benefit from owning a copy of this resource.

Cathleen L. Martyniak