Peruvian Network of Digital Thesis: Cybertesis as a cooperative process for this implementation

Libio HuarotoLibio [email protected]@unmsm.edu.pe

Biblioteca Central – UNMSMBiblioteca Central – UNMSMAberdeen - ScotlandAberdeen - Scotland

June, 2008June, 2008

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San MarcosUniversidad Nacional Mayor de San MarcosUniversidad del Perú, DECANA DE AMERICAUniversidad del Perú, DECANA DE AMERICA

11th International Symposium on ElectronicTheses and Dissertations

Peruvian Network of Digital Thesis: Cybertesis as a cooperative process

for this implementation

• Background

• Activities

• Strategic Alliances

• Multimedia application

• Perspectives

Today´s topic

1999

2002

2003

2004

2007

2008

Aplicatión ofMetodology of

Cybertesis

Participation in The Andean Community

Nations (CAN): Andean Digital Library

to spread DL in Latin America

Expantion of Cybertesis in

Peru and Bolivia

Peruvian Network Digital Theses (RPTD)

Begin first portal web of Peruvian Digital

Thesis

Begin administratives

aspects

Line of the time

Background

1999-2002

2003-2008

• 1999 Initial projects• 2002 Start digitalization process• Characteristics: PDF, HTML, full text,

open access, retrieve information system, author and title indexes, etc.

• Nov. 2003 Agreement with Universidad de Chile, Lyon, UNESCO (using Cybertesis Methodology).

• Jun 2004 Start Cybertesis in Peru. • Characteristics: Interoperability standards (OAI-PMH, TEI, ETD-MS, XML), retrieve information

system, open software (Linux, Java, Open Office, SDX, others).

Strategies

Marketing• National and international

congresses, seminars

Training / Agreements

• Courses09 Cybertesis courses01 DSpace course

StrategicAlliances

• Andean Comunity (CAN)• Peruvian universities• National Council of Science• & Technology (CONCYTEC)

Foreign universities• Universidad de Chile• University of Lyon• UNESCO

• Bolivia• Colombia• Peru

• Research• Andean Digital Library (BDA)

• Public and private peruvian institutions

Marketing and Training

Training on Cybertesis Methodology08 (Peru - 20 universities)01 (Colombia - 15 universities)01 (Bolivia - 01 university)

Training on Digital Repository: DSpace02 (Peru Academic institutions) March 2008, Dec. 2007

• National Symposium on Digital Theses: peruvian experiencies (RPTD). Lima, (April 09, 2008)

• III Jornadas Nacionales de Bibliotecas Universitarias. Arequipa (October 5-6, 2007)

• II Jornadas Nacionales de Bibliotecas Universitarias. Trujillo (September 26-27, 2005)

Articles in most popular newspaperEl Comercio, May 9, 2008

http://www.elcomercio.com.pe/EdicionImpresa/pdf/2008/05/09/ECVF090508a12.pdf

San Marcos SemanalApril, 2008

http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/163.pdf

• Universidad Nacional de Piura• Universidad Ricardo Palma• Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas• Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo. Education School• Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería. Postgraduated School• Universidad Privada del Norte• Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. Postgraduated

School• Universidad Mayor San Andrés - Bolivia

Agreements

SOME IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS

• Most of academic institutions do not have the necessary infraestructure to implement the digital thesis project.

• Human resources shortage. • Complicated administrative and legal

procedures• Lack of knowledge about Copyright• No established procedures to get digital files

of the thesis

www.cybertesis.edu.peSan Marcos University

BoliviaOther institutions using

cybertesis

Visits to the Cybertesis Website

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Peruvian Network of Digital Theses

(RPTD)

Strategic Alliances

Nationallevel

Public and privateperuvian universities

Peruvian Networkof Digital Theses

(RPTD)

Regionallevel

Latin Americanand European

universities

Andean Community (CAN): Andean Digital Library(BDA)

Exchange of informaticdevelopments onCybertesis Methodology

www.rptd.edu.pe

RPTD Characteristics• Launched April 9, 2008• 05 Peruvian universities• Service Provider• Software ARC (Harvester)• OAI-PMH v. 2.0• Retrieve information system

(basic and advance)• Author, title, institution indexes• RSS (Sindication)• Web statistics on logins, downloading,

countries, etc

Total of digital thesis 1529

Total number of web visits 519175 *

Bytes transfer 552 GB *

Statistics in Institutions

* Information from only 03 universities- April 2008

Universities ThesisUNMSM 1268UPC 206URP 48UNI 2UNP 5Total 1529

Visits to RPTD Website

Tacna

Arequipa

Ica

Lima

La Libertad

Piura

PeruPolitical Map

Signed agreement

Future agreement

Leyend

ANDEAN DIGITAL LIBRARY (BDA)

• Virtual space for the dissemination of cultural bibliography of andean countries, specially for not easy to access books.

• Cultural area environment for information, knowledge and services exchange.

PARTICIPANTSBolivia• Universidad Mayor de San Andrés• Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar

Colombia• Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango• Universidad de Los Andes• Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Ecuador• Universidad del Azuay• Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar

Peru• Biblioteca Nacional del Perú• Universidad Nacional Mayor de

San Marcos• Pontificia Universidad Católica de

Perú

Venezuela• Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela• Universidad de Los Andes

• Comunidad Andina (CAN)• Instituto Francés de Estudios

Andinos (IFEA)

Andean Digital Library:2002 – 2007 Evolution

First phaseCentralized process

at the Coordinator Center

Second phaseData entry into the centralized data base of the Coordinator

Center

Link to documents in

BDA repository

Third phaseDescentralization process

using

OAI-PMH

Coordinator Center

Participant institution

CoordinatorCenter

Participant institution

CoordinatorCenter

Participant institution

•Reception•Edition of the book•Registry into DB•Internet Publication

•Selection of books to be published•Send archives of scanned documents

•Registry into BD •Link to documents in BDA repository •Internet Publication

•Selection of books •Send book links to Coordinator Center

•Metadata harvest ing from repositories´ participants•Internet Publication

•Harvesting coordination•Selectión of recolected books, thesis, etc.

Univ. Los Andes

pais

BDAMS ACCESS/

MS SQL

UNMSMPeru

U. San Andrespais

ROAR OpenDoar

Filters

• Subject areas• Type of materials

BDA Repository Architecture

OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH

BDASOFTWARE ARC

(OAI-PMH)Coordinador Center

www.cybertesis.umsa.bo

Bolivia Political Map

Central LibraryUniv. San Andres

Bolivia

Signed agreement

Leyend

Santa Cruz

Tarija

Chuquisaca

Potosí

Oruro

Beni

Cochabamba

Pando

La Paz

Video Multimedia Applicationfor Thesis

Objectives

• Contacting thesis’ authors with end users.

• Authors self-abstracting objectives and most relevant findings in their thesis.

• Promoting a new knowledge dissemination applying multimedia tools.

• Knowledge for new students (net-gens)

Video characteristics• 10 minutes duration approx.• Two possibilities according to the script:

Introduce yourself (academic department, faculty, etc). Mentioning objectives, abstract, methodology, conclusion and recommendations.orPresenting all the thesis process: experimentation, several videos (if necessary).

• FLV format (less heavy).• Applying Java developments.• Possibility to write comments.• Login statistics.• Links to digital theses.

Coordinating with authors

Flow Chart

Video development according to

script

Editing video(Software)

Video published

in Cybertesis website

Inserting tag in

metadata

Publish videos archives in the

web server

Using Movie Maker software10 minutes approx.

Convert videos to FLV format

Total Video Convertersoftware (FLV)

Go to the theses

Go to the theses

http://www.youtube.com

Libio HuarotoLibio [email protected]@unmsm.edu.pe

Thank very much for your attention !!Thank very much for your attention !!Libio HuarotoLibio Huaroto

[email protected]@unmsm.edu.pe

Alonso EstradaAlonso EstradaCarmen HuarinoCarmen Huarino

Maria Luisa ThornberryMaria Luisa ThornberryAdela SotoAdela Soto

Paul LorenzoPaul LorenzoAlberto LozaAlberto Loza

Cybertesis Team GroupCybertesis Team Group