Digitizing dissertations for an institutional repository: a process and cost analysis.
OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the Lamar Soutter Library's process and costs associated with digitizing 300 doctoral dissertations for a newly implemented institutional repository at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. METHODOLOGY: Project tasks included identifying metadata elements, o...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 96; no. 3; pp. 223 - 230 |
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| Formato: | pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Jul2008
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105548235&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105548235 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15365050 PI8 jtl: Journal of the Medical Library Association issn: 15365050 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2008 vid: 96 iid: 3 pid: 60406 pub: University of Pittsburgh, University Library System place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 105548235 2009991358 10.3163/1536-5050.96.3.008 NLM18654648 105548235 ppf: 223 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Digitizing dissertations for an institutional repository: a process and cost analysis. aug: au: Piorun M Palmer LA affil: Technology Initiatives and Resource Management, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts, Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. mary.piorun@umassmed.edu sug: subj: Digitizers Libraries, Electronic Economics Libraries, Health Sciences Massachusetts Theses and Dissertations Costs and Cost Analysis Massachusetts Schools, Medical Massachusetts ab: OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the Lamar Soutter Library's process and costs associated with digitizing 300 doctoral dissertations for a newly implemented institutional repository at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. METHODOLOGY: Project tasks included identifying metadata elements, obtaining and tracking permissions, converting the dissertations to an electronic format, and coordinating workflow between library departments. Each dissertation was scanned, reviewed for quality control, enhanced with a table of contents, processed through an optical character recognition function, and added to the institutional repository. RESULTS: Three hundred and twenty dissertations were digitized and added to the repository for a cost of $23,562, or $0.28 per page. Seventy-four percent of the authors who were contacted (n = 282) granted permission to digitize their dissertations. Processing time per title was 170 minutes, for a total processing time of 906 hours. In the first 17 months, full-text dissertations in the collection were downloaded 17,555 times. CONCLUSION: Locally digitizing dissertations or other scholarly works for inclusion in institutional repositories can be cost effective, especially if small, defined projects are chosen. A successful project serves as an excellent recruitment strategy for the institutional repository and helps libraries build new relationships. Challenges include workflow, cost, policy development, and copyright permissions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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