1. Does your institution accept electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)?
If not, please go to no. 9 below.
No (2/7 responses) 
Yes (5/7 responses) 77.78% of the people who took this survey
(7 / 9) answered this question.
1a. If so, does your institution accept only electronic versions?
Yes (4/5 responses) 
No (1/5 responses) 55.56% of the people who took this survey
(5 / 9) answered this question.
1b. If so, does your institution also maintain print copies?
Yes (5/5 responses) 
No (0/5 responses) 55.56% of the people who took this survey
(5 / 9) answered this question.
2. Please estimate the current size of your ETD collection in kilobytes.
Text Responses (4 for this question) "11" "150 Tb" "5000" "60,000"
3. Please estimate the number of ETDs currently in your collection.
Text Responses (5 for this question) "10,449" "10000" "11" "2000" "45000"
4. Please estimate the annual growth of your ETD collection in kilobytes.
Text Responses (3 for this question) "11" "400" "4000"
5. Please estimate the number of ETDs added to your collection annually.
Text Responses (4 for this question) "100" "11" "500" "800"
6. What file formats do you support for your ETDs?
Select all that apply, and/or provide additional formats.
Other formats (30/53 responses) 
Any format (2/53 responses) 
.wav (2/53 responses) 
.xml (1/53 responses) 
.tif (1/53 responses) 
.qt (1/53 responses) 
.ppt (1/53 responses) 
.png (1/53 responses) 
(2/53 responses) 
.mpg (1/53 responses) 
.mp3 (1/53 responses) 
.aif (1/53 responses) 
.avi (1/53 responses) 
.doc (2/53 responses) 
.gif (1/53 responses) 
.html (2/53 responses) 
.jpg (2/53 responses) 
.mov (1/53 responses) 66.67% of the people who took this survey
(6 / 9) answered this question.
Other Responses (30 for this question) ".aif" ".avi" ".gif"( 2 ) responses ".html"( 2 ) responses ".jpg"( 2 ) responses ".mov"( 2 ) responses ".mp3"( 2 ) responses ".mpg"( 2 ) responses ".pdf"( 2 ) responses ".png"( 2 ) responses ".qt" ".tif"( 2 ) responses ".wav"( 2 ) responses ".xml"( 2 ) responses "any file format" "mp4" "other"( 2 ) responses "You are able to select any and other and any of the file formates....wouldn' this mean that you are double counting?" 7. How do you currently structure your ETD collection (i.e., do you separate them into collections based on discipline, year, or other criteria)?
Text Responses (5 for this question) "1111111" "edt database" "no separation, all on one server" "no structure" "Should you ask what software you use to structure ETDs and then ask if they have gone beyond what our software offers?"
8. Does your institution have a formalized preservation plan for its ETDs?
If so, and you are willing to share, please send it to gailmac@vt.edu.
Yes (4/7 responses) 
No (3/7 responses) 77.78% of the people who took this survey
(7 / 9) answered this question.
9. Do you have experience with or knowledge of LOCKSS -based preservation networks?
Yes (5/6 responses) 
No (1/6 responses) 66.67% of the people who took this survey
(6 / 9) answered this question.
10. Would your institution be interested in participating in an ETD-specific LOCKSS-based collaborative distributed digital archive sponsored by the NDLTD?
If not, please go to no. 11 next.
Maybe (4/7 responses) 
No (0/7 responses) 
Yes (3/7 responses) 77.78% of the people who took this survey
(7 / 9) answered this question.
10a. If yes, would there be a preference for
(select only one)
Open archiving with public access (1/5 responses) 
Dark archiving (i.e., inaccessible to the public) (3/5 responses) 
Dim archiving (i.e., designated files inaccessible but others available to the public) (1/5 responses) 55.56% of the people who took this survey
(5 / 9) answered this question.
10b. If yes, what level of participation might your institution support?
(select only one)
Contributing: have your ETDs preserved by a distributed network without sharing preservation responsibilities for other institutions (1/5 responses) 
Preservation: both preserve your ETDs in the distributed network and share preservation responsibilities by running a secure server for the network (0/5 responses) 
Sustaining: preserve your ETDs in the distributed network, share preservation responsibilities by running a secure server for the network, and contribute to the growth and maintenance of this network both technically and organizationally (4/5 responses) 55.56% of the people who took this survey
(5 / 9) answered this question.
11. What platform or repository structure are you using to collect, disseminate, and store your ETDs?
Select all that apply.
Other platform or repository (1/5 responses) 
Fedora (1/5 responses) 
Eprints (0/5 responses) 
In-house solution (1/5 responses) 
ETDdb (1/5 responses) 
DSpace (1/5 responses) 55.56% of the people who took this survey
(5 / 9) answered this question.
Other Responses (1 for this question) "other" 12. What information would your institution need to make a decision about participating in an ETD preservation network?
Text Responses (4 for this question) " " "cost to us" "financial resources that would be required to participate at the levels described in no. 10." "TDR?"
13. How did you learn about this survey?
Select all that apply, or enter another source.
Another source (2/5 responses) 
DLF: Digital Library Federation (0/5 responses) 
NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (2/5 responses) 
ARL: Association of Research Libraries (0/5 responses) 
ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (1/5 responses) 
CGS: Council of Graduate Schools (0/5 responses) 44.44% of the people who took this survey
(4 / 9) answered this question.
Other Responses (2 for this question) "Distributed Digital Preservation-L" "other" 14. We�d like to receive your comments and concerns about digital preservation of ETDs, particularly the distributed (i.e., LOCKSS ) model that the MetaArchive Cooperative is considering.
Text Responses (4 for this question) "11" "Can you put a link to lockss so that if somone is interested they can jump to that page?" "exciting" "How can I be sure that my institution's embargoed ETDs will not become accessible through this preservation network?"
Below, in the Personal Information, please provide the contact information for the person who is/will be responsible for your institution�s ETD initiative, and your contact information, if different, in case we need any follow-up information. This information will not be publicly available.
Thank you for taking the time to contribute to this survey.
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