Introducing electronic theses and dissertations in universities : an Indian perspective

Vijayakumar, J. K. and Murthy, T. A. V. and Khan, M. T. M. (2005) Introducing electronic theses and dissertations in universities : an Indian perspective. In Proceedings GL7 : Seventh International Conference on Grey Literature, Nancy (France).

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Abstract

The changing electronic environment is forcing Indian Universities, to think about digitizing their theses and dissertations and introduce ETD Systems. A national level study was undertaken to analyze the present scenario in Indian Universities with focus on Ph D Research Scholars, Research Guides and University Librarians. The exact picture of doctoral theses collection, its usage,
difficulties in access, academic and research community’s attitude towards digital archiving and electronic publishing are discussed. Few Universities have already
started ETD Projects, and majority of them will be starting the projects soon. The need for an experienced national level agency for coordinating the work, national
level policies from agencies like UGC, necessary financial and technical guidance etc are identified through the analysis. Most of the academics are supporting the
idea of ETDs, but still a moderate majority is supporting its Global access through Internet.

Keywords:	Grey Literature, ETDs, Depositories
Subjects:	H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HB. Gray literature. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HS. Repositories.
ID Code:	5670
Deposited By:	Vijayakumar, J. K.
Deposited On:	19 February 2006
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UGC, University Grants Commission, Academic Mobility, (Visited November 30, 2005). URL: http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/acad_mobility.html

UGC, University Grants Commission, UGC Infonet Project, (Visited November 30, 2005). URL: http://www.ugc.ac.in/new_initiatives/infonet.html

INFLIBNET, Information and Library Network (Visited November 30, 2005). URL: http://unicat.inflibnet.ac.in/econ/mindex.htm

Vijayakumar, JK; Murthy, TAV and Khan, MTM. Indian academia on copyright and IPR issues of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. In Murthy, TAV and others, ed. Conference papers of International CALIBER-2005, kochi, 2-4, February 2005. Ahmedabad: INFLIBNET Centre, 2005, Pp 697-704.

UGC, University Grants Commission-New Initiatives in ETD, June, 2005 (Visited November 30, 2005) URL: http://www.ugc.ac.in/new_initiatives/etd_hb.pdf

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