Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of Etds
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Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs Authors: Daniel Alemneh, Bill Donovan, Martin Halbert, Yan Han, Geneva Henry, Patricia Hswe, Gail McMillan, Xiaocan (Lucy) Wang Editors: Matt Schultz, Nick Krabbenhoeft, and Katherine Skinner 18 March 2014 Version 1.0 Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs Publication Notes Title: Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs Editors: Matt Schultz, Nick Krabbenhoeft, and Katherine Skinner Authors: Daniel Alemneh, Bill Donovan, Martin Halbert, Yan Han, Geneva Henry, Patricia Hswe, Gail McMillan, Xiaocan (Lucy) Wang Publisher: Educopia Institute, 1230 Peachtree Street, Suite 1900, Atlanta, GA 30309. 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The above is a human-readable summary of the full license, which is available at the following URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs Table of Contents Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... i About The Guidance Documents ................................................................................................................ i Roadmap .................................................................................................................................................. iv Defining “ETDs” and “Lifecycle Management” ........................................................................................ vi 1 Guidelines for Implementing ETD Programs – Roles and Responsibilities ............................................ 1-1 1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Types of Stakeholders ....................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Stakeholders’ Roles and Responsibilities .......................................................................................... 1-6 1.4 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 1-29 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 1-30 2 Guide to Access Levels and Embargoes of ETDs .................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Reasons for Access Restrictions ........................................................................................................ 2-2 2.3 Arguments Against Access Restrictions.......................................................................................... 2-10 2.4 Requesting Restricted Access ......................................................................................................... 2-11 2.5 Enforcing Access Restrictions ......................................................................................................... 2-12 2.6 Releasing Restricted Access ETDs ................................................................................................... 2-13 2.7 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 2-13 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 2-14 3 Briefing on Copyright and Fair Use Issues in ETDs ................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Definition and Overview of Copyright and Fair Use in an ETD Context ............................................ 3-2 3.3 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 3-16 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 3-17 4 Guidelines for Collecting Usage Metrics and Demonstrations of Value for ETD Programs .................. 4-1 4.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Evaluation of Electronic Resources: Methods and Issues ................................................................. 4-2 4.3 Collecting Web Statistics ................................................................................................................ 4-10 4.4 Use of Statistics Data ..................................................................................................................... 4-10 Table of Contents Table Guidance Documents for Lifecycle Management of ETDs 4.5 Open Access Model and Impact ..................................................................................................... 4-12 4.6 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 4-14 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 4-15 5 Managing the Lifecycle of ETDs: Curatorial Decisions and Practices .................................................... 5-1 5.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Overview of Some Risk Factors for ETDs .......................................................................................... 5-2 5.3 Data Wrangling: Organizing Digital Content Prior to Ingest ........................................................... 5-4 5.4 Complex Content Objects ................................................................................................................. 5-9 5.5 Migration Scenarios ....................................................................................................................... 5-12 5.6 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 5-14 Appendix A: Further Details about Various PDF File Formats .............................................................. 5-16 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 5-17 6 Metadata for ETD Lifecycle Management ............................................................................................ 6-1 6.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 6-1 6.2 Metadata Roles in ETD Lifecycle Management ............................................................................... 6-1 6.3 Capturing Metadata ......................................................................................................................... 6-6 6.4 Best Practices for ETD Metadata ................................................................................................... 6-10 6.5 ETD Metadata Quality and Management ...................................................................................... 6-16 6.6 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 6-18 Appendix A: Texas Digital Libraries (TDL) ETD Metadata Example ..................................................... 6-20 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 6-21 7 Guide to ETD Program Planning and Cost Estimation .......................................................................... 7-1 7.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 7-1 7.2 Personnel .......................................................................................................................................... 7-3 7.3 Technology ......................................................................................................................................