Defining Best Practices in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Metadata

Authors

Rebecca L. Lubas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2009

Abstract

The University of New Mexico will mandate in 2009 that theses and dissertations be submitted in electronic form as the copy of record. These documents will reside in the universitys digital repository, operated on a DSpace platform. This article reviews practices for thesis and dissertation metadata creation with a focus on DSpace instances, best practice recommendations for authorsubmitted metadata, recommendations for subject analysis, and training for metadata practitioners. The article recommends processes for author submission, metadata quality control and enhancement, and crosswalking of the metadata to the library's catalog to maximize discovery.'

Publisher

Routledge

Publication Title

Journal of Library Metadata

ISSN

1937-5034

Volume

9

Issue

3

First Page

252

Last Page

263

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

ETDs, Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Metadata, DSpace, Dublin Core, Author-generated metadata, Metadata best practices, Authority Control, MARC

Recommended Citation

Lubas, Rebecca L.. "Defining Best Practices in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Metadata." Journal of Library Metadata , 3 (2009): 252-263. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ulls_fsp/88