ETDs Metadata Practices of Indian Institutes of Technology: A Comparative Study
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2023-11-17
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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
Abstract
The main objectives of this study are to investigate the metadata practises employed by the
Institutional Repositories (IR) of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in relation to
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). The first step involved an analysis of the websites
of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to ascertain which of these institutions had
established repositories within their organisation. Additionally, the study determines the
repositories that were both publicly open and accessible. The analysis focused on repositories
that are publicly available and accessible, and the resulting secondary data was
systematically structured in tabular format. Subsequently, in order to ascertain the metadata
practises adhered to by these repositories, primary data was gathered using a questionnaire.
The findings indicate that a significant proportion (over 80%) of Indian Institutes of
Technology (IITs) have established their own institutional repositories. However, it is observed
that only 48% of these repositories are available to the public, and they predominantly
employ DSpace software for the purpose of managing digital information. The study
additionally indicated that the Dublin Coreā¢ Metadata Element Set (DCMES) is used for
the purpose of describing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). The study used criteria
of completeness, correctness, and consistency to study the quality of metadata in electronic
theses and dissertations (ETDs) records and identifies concerns. The study reveals that out of
the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), only four of them have Electronic Theses and
Dissertations (ETDs) metadata that adhere to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable,
and Reusable) principles. In general, the study emphasises the present condition of IITs IR in
effectively managing their digital content ETDs in particular and proposes that the institute
should prioritise the maintenance of metadata quality to guarantee the discoverability,
accessibility, and interoperability of the digital information. The questionnaire was in general
about IITs repositories, and the secondary data have been collected for metadata. Therefore,
the major study has been done through secondary data observation.
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26th International Symposium, ETD 2023, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 26-28 October, 2023
Keywords
Dublin Core, Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Institutional Repositories, Metadata practices, Metadata Quality