| Digitizing dissertations for an institutional repository: a process and cost analysis. | |
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PMID: 18654648 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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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. |
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Authors:
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Mary Piorun; Lisa A Palmer |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA Volume: 96 ISSN: 1558-9439 ISO Abbreviation: J Med Libr Assoc Publication Date: 2008 Jul |
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Created Date: 2008-07-25 Completed Date: 2008-10-14 Revised Date: 2010-06-25 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101132728 Medline TA: J Med Libr Assoc Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 223-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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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 |
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Costs and Cost Analysis Databases as Topic* Dissertations, Academic as Topic* Humans Libraries, Digital / economics* Libraries, Medical* Massachusetts Schools, Medical |
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