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Policy Shift and Repository Infrastructure The road to ETD only collection at the University of Sydney Sten Christensen Sydney eScholarship, University of Sydney Library

Policy shift and repository infrastructure The University of Sydney * As at March 2012. 2

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Higher Degree Research Theses 3

Policy shift and repository infrastructure So what about ETDs? Question mark in Esberg/ A.H Drachmann, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/lvtheae 4

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Changes Cogs/Martin Sharman, 2008 5

Policy shift and repository infrastructure What are we going to cover In mesh/Les Chatfield 2005 http://tinyurl.com/qzj7aow 6

Some context 7

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Where did we come from? 8

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Challenges No Gas/Will Palmer 2004 http://tinyurl.com/nwlc583 9

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Rates of voluntary lodgement of ETDs 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 HDR Theses 627 675 688 755 790 872 Awarded Volunteered ETDs 113 133 114 57 79 70 % of Volume 18 19.7 16.5 7.5 10 8 10

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Some reasons of for low lodgement rates Empty Seats/ laffy4k, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/odh5aw3 12

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Need for a coordinated approach for lodgement to the Library › 16 Faculties › Differing views and requirements for voluntary lodgement › Slightly different HDR processes › No Graduate School Orange/Alan Cleaver, 2007 http://tiny.cc/ohbo1w 13

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Policy Shift Cogs/Martin Sharman, 2008 14

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Previous HDR requirements › A requirement to provide the Library with a copy of the thesis for immediate public access. “ 89.4 Subject to Rules 90 and 91, a higher degree thesis lodged in the University Library or in a departmental library shall be available immediately for use.” › A prescribed format for bound copies “ 89.1 In all cases where a higher degree has been awarded, after examination of a thesis the Registrar shall lodge with the University Librarian one bound copy of the thesis, printed on permanent or archival paper.”(ibid) 15

Policy shift and repository infrastructure A status quo From this policy point of view there was already a mandate in place to supply the Library with a copy, however the format was prescribed and thus the status quo had remained in place . Untitled/ Marcin Wichary, 2007 http://tiny.cc/dzho1w 16

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Pressure for change No pressure/ Glenn Simmons, 2008. http://tinyurl.com/k38v6y3 17

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Time to make a policy decision Time/Alan Cleaver, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/kqun8xt 18

Policy shift and repository infrastructure The vexed question of Open Access “Opt in”? or “Opt out”? We chose “Opt in” 19

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Why “opt in”? 20

The Sydney eScholarship Repository 21

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Service defined “..a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution .” Lynch, C. A. (2003). Institutional Repositories: Essential InfrastructureFor Scholarship InThe Digital Age. ARL: A Bimonthly Report, 226 (February ,2003). The new forest/@Doug88888, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/me538c8 22

Policy shift and repository infrastructure An attractive option 23

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Advantages of using the repository platform Model of grapheme structure/CORE-materials, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/ny782a 24

Policy shift and repository infrastructure 25

Policy shift and repository infrastructure “…if you are going to make a policy, the infrastructure and processes have to be in place at point of implementation .” Scaffolding/Wei Ting Yu, 2011. http://tinyurl.com/mrod729 26

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Three areas of implementation 27

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Lodgement choices Netflix completes the open source giving cycle/opensource.com, 2011 http://tinyurl.com/k5qs5h3 28

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Lodgement choices 29

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Lodgement – Semester 1, 2013, the first tranche Blank Open Book – Illustration/DonkeyHotey, 2011 http://tinyurl.com/m2rteaw 30

Policy shift and repository infrastructure The Sydney eScholarship Repository - changes 31

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Library processes 32

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Conclusion 33

Policy shift and repository infrastructure Where to from here? Montana highway/Mark Hamilton, 2005 http://tinyurl.com/m8zfjwm 34