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ETD-dbProviding Access and Managing Your

ETD Workflow

Gail McMillanDigital Library and Archives

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Gail McMillanDigital Library and Archives

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Addressing Our Constituencies’ Needs

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses

Addressing Our Constituencies’ Needs

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses

Students Faculty Graduate School

personnel Library personnel Researchers

Students Faculty Graduate School

personnel Library personnel Researchers

Using any computer Internet connection Web browser

Enter and update info

Using any computer Internet connection Web browser

Enter and update info

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Virginia Tech’s ETD-db SystemVirginia Tech’s ETD-db System

Hardware Dual-processor Sun Enterprise 250 with 384Mb

of RAM 18Gb drive for theses and dissertations

Software Solaris Apache MySQL (Oracle, Postgres) Perl

Customize it with local Perl programmer

Hardware Dual-processor Sun Enterprise 250 with 384Mb

of RAM 18Gb drive for theses and dissertations

Software Solaris Apache MySQL (Oracle, Postgres) Perl

Customize it with local Perl programmer

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Author ETD-db InterfaceAuthor ETD-db Interface

Using a standard web browser Password authentication

Existing university user accounts Enter title page info into form Upload files Make changes until approved

Using a standard web browser Password authentication

Existing university user accounts Enter title page info into form Upload files Make changes until approved

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Graduate School ETD-db Interface

Graduate School ETD-db Interface

See submitted/waiting ETDs Make changes Email authors and advisors

Add another email address Clearly indicates

Waiting for author input Author has responded

Approve and add to live collection Appropriate level of access based on author’s

submission form Make changes

See submitted/waiting ETDs Make changes Email authors and advisors

Add another email address Clearly indicates

Waiting for author input Author has responded

Approve and add to live collection Appropriate level of access based on author’s

submission form Make changes

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Cataloger ETD-db InterfaceCataloger ETD-db Interface

Using a standard web browser List of ETDs waiting

Already available to public No delay to user access

Sees title page info Catalogs ETD Flagged as finished cataloging

Using a standard web browser List of ETDs waiting

Already available to public No delay to user access

Sees title page info Catalogs ETD Flagged as finished cataloging

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System Maintainer ETD-db Interface

System Maintainer ETD-db Interface

Update ETDs already approved Change level of access Searchable by title page info

Update ETDs already approved Change level of access Searchable by title page info

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End-user ETD-db InterfaceEnd-user ETD-db Interface

Using a standard web browser Searchable by title page info

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-search/search

Browse Author’s last name Author’s department

Using a standard web browser Searchable by title page info

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/ETD-search/search

Browse Author’s last name Author’s department

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ETD-db http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db

ETD-db http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db

Download copy as used at VThttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/download/

Documentation current http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/

Customize it with local Perl programmerhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/install.html

Download copy as used at VThttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/download/

Documentation current http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/

Customize it with local Perl programmerhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ETD-db/developer/install.html

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ETD-dbProviding Access and Managing Your

ETD Workflow

Gail McMillanDigital Library and Archives

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu

Virginia Tech

[email protected]

Gail McMillanDigital Library and Archives

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu

Virginia Tech

[email protected]