Electronic Theses and Dissertations for Indian Universities : A Framework
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2004-11
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INFLIBNET Center
Abstract
Digital libraries of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) offer an alternative to this waste
of valuable academic scholarship and offer researchers and University Libraries in India
opportunities to explore the possibilities electronic publishing trend in academic sector. The
emergence of UGC Infonet, the aspiring and dream project of University Grants Commission,
which also aims at Content Creation by Indian Academic Sector, will definitely boost this idea
The idea of E- Theses and Dissertations (ETD) is coming up in International scenario, which
can be easily located, readily accessible and delivered over the web. While describing a
framework for Indian Universities to go zbout with creating their own Institutional Repositories
of Theses and Dissertations, the paper also high lighten the Formats, Software and copyright
issues related to ETD archiving. It suggests DSpace as the software.
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Digitization, Electronic Theses, ETD, INFLIBNET