[Dspace-general] Theses in DSpace

[Henk Ellermann]

Hi Margret,

> I'm wondering if any other institutions are planning to use DSpace for 
> theses. I know that the Theses Alive! project in the UK is doing this, 
> and we at MIT are also planning an implementation.  I'm thinking that it 
> would be very useful if we could all agree to use the same metadata 
> standard to accommodate theses in DSpace.

We use DSpace as an Institutional Repository and have included a number 
of dissertations. It will not be long before we will put all (well, 
except the obvious few) dissertations of the Erasmus University in DSpace.

So far we have not given dissertations any special treatment in terms of 
metadata. We do use aQDC field description.sponsorship for the names of 
the promotores (is that an English word too?). We have adapted DSpace to 
expert qualified dublin core too, so we can use this field for localized 
services (web display) in the near future.

However, we sure would like it if there were some kind of (exportable) 
metadataset, standardized across DSpace users, for dissertations. If you 
can initiate something, we are willing to co-operate and spend some 
quality time on it.

Regards,

Henk Ellermann

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