How are graduate students at your university educated about ETDs?
other (20/91 responses) 
brochures (11/91 responses) 
letters to students (9/91 responses) 
web documents (26/91 responses) 
course content (4/91 responses) 
workshops (21/91 responses) 93.94% of the people who took this survey
(31 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (20 for this question) "articles in campus newspapers" "co-students, tutots" "curriculum guides" "ETD listserv; letters to Directors of Graduate Studies" "graduate seminars by request" "not a university" "other"( 9 ) responses "seminars; conferences" "student newspaper" "talks to groups of students & faculty; emails to Directors of Graduate Studies for distribution; small cash grant program" "through directors of graduate studies in their respective programs/departments" "workshops on demand only" What technology training for creating ETDs is available to all graduate students?
other (19/75 responses) 
Macromedia (3/75 responses) 
Adobe Photoshop (6/75 responses) 
HTML editors (12/75 responses) 
Word (16/75 responses) 
(19/75 responses) 90.91% of the people who took this survey
(30 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (19 for this question) "LaTeX" "library converts, not student" "none" "not a university" "other"( 10 ) responses "printing to PostScript (the required submission format)" "the libraries in the ADT Program provide support on a needs basis therefore students don't need training as such, just help in the submission process as well as free access to hardware and software" "We only accept PDF. But offer no training." "WordPerfect (includes Corel suite), MS Office Suite" "XML" Please describe the nature of this training.
courses for credit (2/55 responses) 
other (16/55 responses) 
web site tutorials (15/55 responses) 
workshops (20 hrs.) (2/55 responses) 
workshops (10-20 hrs.) (1/55 responses) 
workshops (1-10 hrs.) (19/55 responses) 84.85% of the people who took this survey
(28 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (16 for this question) "1-to-1 tutorials" "classes by computer center" "Have a single 1-credit summer course in "instructional technology" as part of Preparing Future Faculty effort." "individualized assistance" "not a university" "One-on-one sessions with consultants" "Only Web-Sites with description." "other"( 8 ) responses "see answer above" What resources do you provide for graduate student training and education?
other (4/68 responses) 
technical support (24/68 responses) 
software (19/68 responses) 
computers (21/68 responses) 84.85% of the people who took this survey
(28 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (4 for this question) "other"( 2 ) responses "Some Description." "Web sites, trainers, mentors" What incentives are offered to graduate students to create ETDs?
other (30/36 responses) 
funding (1/36 responses) 
academic credit for training sessions (3/36 responses) 
ETD awards (2/36 responses) 63.64% of the people who took this survey
(21 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (30 for this question) "A great item to put on their CVs." "acces to other ETDs" "broad access, required to finish," "ETDs are required" "ETDs are required. What more incentive could they need?!" "none"( 3 ) responses "None, mandatory (at least Metadata)" "nothing" "other"( 15 ) responses "required university wide; we plan to implement grants for multimedia development incentive" "the chance to publish their work to a worldwide audience" "the ETD itself" "The Graduate Dean is offering a $100 "Participation Grant" to the first 20 students who signed up for our 1st year Pilot Project" "waived fee in pilot program; otherwise none" How are the benefits of ETDs promoted at your university?
other (20/77 responses) 
intra-campus memos (9/77 responses) 
campus newspapers (11/77 responses) 
brochures (12/77 responses) 
workshops (15/77 responses) 
letters (10/77 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (20 for this question) "Alumni Magazine, press releases, interviews w/ press, main Web site, Campus Intranet" "announcements, discussions at graduate faculty meetings" "during req. mtg. w/graduate school rep." "ETD website; ETD listserv" "group presentations" "I speak at academic staff information sessions." "not a university" "other"( 10 ) responses "seminars, talks" "web documents" "worldwide distribution by University server" How are faculty and administration informed about ETDs?
other (14/58 responses) 
university publications (16/58 responses) 
stipends for faculty involvement (1/58 responses) 
workshops for faculty (8/58 responses) 
presentations to deans, chairs, or graduate program directors (19/58 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (14 for this question) "brochure" "Key faculty committee and faculty meetings" "main Web site" "memos" "not a university" "other"( 7 ) responses "talks to groups of faculty, e.g., at a faculty meeting" "web information" How do most faculty respond to ETDs as a concept?
resistant (3/26 responses) 
ambivalent (3/26 responses) 
supportive (17/26 responses) 
intrigued (3/26 responses) 78.79% of the people who took this survey
(26 / 33) answered this question.
How is your ETD initiative funded?
federal or state grant (3/43 responses) 
institutional support (19/43 responses) 
other (18/43 responses) 
cost recovery (3/43 responses) 
private foundation (0/43 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (18 for this question) "graduate school / library budget" "in addition, supported by the University of New South Wales Library on behalf of all ADT members" "involves faculty, staff & student volunteers serving o ETD Task Force, staff support from Office of the Provost, Academic Computing & University Libraries" "library funding" "no funding" "not a university" "Only by University" "other"( 9 ) responses "seat of our collective pants" "voluntary assistance" Describe the amount of funding you have to support your ETD program.
$200-500K (0/25 responses) 
$100-200K (2/25 responses) 
$50-100K (3/25 responses) 
$5-50K (7/25 responses) 
$0-5K (13/25 responses) 75.76% of the people who took this survey
(25 / 33) answered this question.
Who coordinates your ETD initiative?
other (18/50 responses) 
faculty (2/50 responses) 
library (18/50 responses) 
graduate dean (12/50 responses) 87.88% of the people who took this survey
(29 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (18 for this question) "associate dean" "cooperation between library staff and graduate school staff member" "ETD committee" "ETD Task Force, Director of Academic Computing & University Libraries ETD Liasiason (decentralized graduate program)" "grad school, library, academic computing, library computing" "Graduate Reader" "head of TD committee" "Information Technology Services, University Research" "not a university" "other"( 9 ) responses Does your digital library of ETDs contain any multi-media theses or dissertations?
no (14/27 responses) 
yes (13/27 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
How does your library catalogue ETDs?
other (19/103 responses) 
document or file type (9/103 responses) 
discipline (13/103 responses) 
subject (18/103 responses) 
title (22/103 responses) 
author (22/103 responses) 78.79% of the people who took this survey
(26 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (19 for this question) "abstracts are searchable" "Database with Search Interface. And also teh OPAC" "Full MARC cataloguing." "Full Marc record in online catalog" "I don't understand the question. The theses are cataloged automatically into VIRGO, our catalog, and are accessible by all fileds listed above. Instead of callno they are listed as web docs." "Metadata of all Germany ETD program with national Lib." "other"( 9 ) responses "theses are catalogued as monographs with the electronic copy as a second copy" "URL" "using standard MARC thesis format" "XML DC schema " Which disciplines are represented in your ETD library?
humanities (17/82 responses) 
social sciences (16/82 responses) 
information sciences (15/82 responses) 
physical sciences (15/82 responses) 
life sciences (19/82 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
In what formats are ETDs preserved?
other (14/54 responses) 
XML (3/54 responses) 
SGML (2/54 responses) 
HTML (11/54 responses) 
(24/54 responses) 84.85% of the people who took this survey
(28 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (14 for this question) "jpeg, PowerPoint, ArcView (GIS)" "LateX" "native formats" "other"( 7 ) responses "PostScript" "striving for XML" "the archival copy is still paper" "They are preserved in whatever formats submitted by students and approved by the Graduate School." Who oversees the mechanical considerations of ETD construction?
other (12/40 responses) 
library (12/40 responses) 
graduate school (12/40 responses) 
faculty (4/40 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (12 for this question) "Computing center" "ETD Task Force issues policy, Academic Computing provides technical support, University Libraries reviews submissions & grants approval" "grad school & academic computing" "other"( 6 ) responses "Question is unclear." "students" "Web Development staff" Are students permitted to submit multi-media theses and dissertations?
no (6/28 responses) 
yes (22/28 responses) 84.85% of the people who took this survey
(28 / 33) answered this question.
Has your institution developed procedures for electronic format checks of ETDs?
yes (20/27 responses) 
no (7/27 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
Do you limit the tools students can use to write ETDs?
no (19/26 responses) 
yes (7/26 responses) 78.79% of the people who took this survey
(26 / 33) answered this question.
Which of the following tools do your students use to write ETDs?
other (31/114 responses) 
Other web editors (7/114 responses) 
Microsoft Frontpage (3/114 responses) 
Microsoft Access (3/114 responses) 
Adobe Acrobat (17/114 responses) 
Microsoft Excel (18/114 responses) 
Adobe Photoshop (12/114 responses) 
Microsoft Word (23/114 responses) 84.85% of the people who took this survey
(28 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (31 for this question) "all the above and more" "any editor to produce ASCII LateX (Emacs, vi, nedit, and so forth" "I don't know all of them, but they are unrestricted." "LaTeX"( 2 ) responses "LaTeX, FrameMaker" "many, many others" "Netscape wysiwyg html editor" "other"( 16 ) responses "PostScript printer driver" "PowerPoint, ArcView" "They had to converted to PDF" "too numerous to list" "whatever file formats appropriate" "WordPerfect ok." "WP, Pagemaker, TeX, LaTeX" Can students modify their ETDs once the graduate school has approved them?
no (23/26 responses) 
yes (3/26 responses) 78.79% of the people who took this survey
(26 / 33) answered this question.
Must ETDs be submitted in print as well as electronically?
no (16/28 responses) 
yes (12/28 responses) 84.85% of the people who took this survey
(28 / 33) answered this question.
What options do students have for granting access to their ETDs?
global, unrestricted access (25/72 responses) 
access granted after a period of one year (12/72 responses) 
access granted to certain portions only (5/72 responses) 
university wide access only (13/72 responses) 
other (17/72 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
Other Responses (17 for this question) "4 levels in total: (1) World, (2) Campus-Only (ILL priviledges for electronic or print, 5 year maximum), (3) Campus-Encrypted (requires password for access; ILL priviledges for print only, secured for 3 years / no more than 5 years), No Access (patent pending; released for expanded access after 1 year)" "acess after three months" "At present we have two choices: global, unrestricted access; no access for a period of up to two years" "embargo for one year, then six month extensions" "global web distribution mandatory" "other"( 8 ) responses "Patent pending.. no access" "restricted" "student approves access" "Withhold for specified period" Can ETDs be annotated?
yes (6/23 responses) 
no (17/23 responses) 69.7% of the people who took this survey
(23 / 33) answered this question.
What is the total number of requests for ETDs your library has received?
25-50K (1/21 responses) 
10-25K (2/21 responses) 
5-10K (3/21 responses) 
0-5K (11/21 responses) 
Over 50K (4/21 responses) 63.64% of the people who took this survey
(21 / 33) answered this question.
When, if ever, do you expect ETDs to be required at your university?
2-4 yrs. (5/27 responses) 
1-2 yrs. (5/27 responses) 
0 yrs. (7/27 responses) 
5-10 yrs. (7/27 responses) 
never (3/27 responses) 81.82% of the people who took this survey
(27 / 33) answered this question.
What provisions have been made for migration of ETDs to new standard formats yet unknown?
Text Responses (20 for this question) "1) Provisions for migration: we will migrate when technology warrants (e.g. if pdf or other format standards evolve & require migration of old versions - can be automated process). Also, all ETD submissions are sent to Bell & Howell (UMI) for microfilming / multiple redundant archiving scheme. 2) Other Notes: Disciplines: we have all disciplines represented in our ETD Library -- includes life sciences, physical sciences, information sciences, social sciences & humanities. 3) ETD modification after approval: the basic submission may not be modified (unless special request made by committee chair within end-of-semester timeline); Addenda Web page to be implemented soon for student use after submission approval (i.e. addenda, corrigenda, updates such as URLs, Vitae, professional development / promotion Web page, papers published, etc.). 4) ETDs have been required since August 1998. 5) Name of institution: West Virginia University" "Disciplines choices (above) does not allow more than one option to be checked (surely a survey design oversight-most colleges have candidates in more than one discipline). We have all but Life Sciences in our collection. Some quetsions not answered because it was unclear what is meant. No comments box provided so I'm using this one." "Discussions with archives and preservation staff in library, no decision as yet." "Do not know. ETD project has just begun, and we are in the process of implementing it." "hope and a prayer - sufficient number of the worlds electronic documents are in PDF format and any new standard that comes along will inevitably be able to accept PDF migration" "How does one make a provision for an unknown format? We plan to take appropriate intermediate steps for any needed transitions rather than allow PDF's to become unreadable." "In process." "none" - ( 2 responses) "none at present" "None yet." "None, except through UMI" "Our central repository (OhioLINK) has guarenteed conversion to new formats from a list of acceptable file formats." "preservation metadata" "SGML conversion from Word / LateX using stylesheets" "University Libraries personnel are actively working on this difficult question. Our ETD Committee is presently discussing this in regards to changing the formats that are permitted/required for submission." "Verbal commitment from library" "We have made no definite plans yet, but are awaiting new developments in technology and digital preservation techniques and standards." "We use already the Metadata as set by the DC:ETD The format transfer is being done by the National Library by contract" "We will do what we have to do when it is known!"
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