Ayris, P.;
Pressler, C.;
Moyle, M.;
McLean, A.;
(2005)
The DART-Europe project: towards developing a European theses portal.
Presented at: ETD2005: Evolution Through Discovery. 8th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Sydney, Australia.
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Abstract
This paper will report on the new European theses project DART-Europe. The purpose of this project is to align institutional and national e-theses developments across Europe with the wider open archives movement by the construction of a European portal for research theses, thus enabling a global view of European institutional research assets. This project is driven through an innovative partnership between an information provider and an international body of university libraries and open access consortia. The project’s goal is to explore the creation of a European model for the deposit, discovery, use and long-term care of research theses in an open access environment. The paper will outline the projected outcomes of DART-Europe, which is an active group of institutions in addition to a technical service. To this end, DART-Europe is engaged with disciplines and institutions that are widening the definition of research by redefining the formats of theses. For institutions and countries without a repository infrastructure, DART-Europe will enable the creation of a depository. Institutions and countries with a repository infrastructure can engage with DART-Europe to deliver their e-theses. DART-Europe acts as a technology bridge for researchers between those who have existing infrastructures and those who do not. The DART-Europe architecture assumes free at point of use access to full text theses, whether held on the DART-Europe server or by institutional repositories. This paper will provide session attendees with the current progress of this initiative, including a report on the 5 strands of the project, including: architecture; creation of a management tool kit; content acquisition; digital preservation and an investigation of business models.
| Type: | Conference item (Presentation) |
|---|---|
| Title: | The DART-Europe project: towards developing a European theses portal |
| Event: | ETD2005: Evolution Through Discovery. 8th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations |
| Location: | Sydney, Australia |
| Dates: | 28-30 September 2005 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Paper and accompanying slideshow deposited as separate pdf files. |
| Keywords: | E-Theses, Open Access, Institutional Resources, Scholarly Communication, DART-Europe |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: Research > Library Services |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1287 |
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