My colleague, Adam Mikeal, presented our paper titled “Large-scale ETD repositories: a case study of a digital library application” at JCDL 2009, where it was nominated for best paper! The paper describes at a high level the Texas Digital Library’s implementation of a state-wide electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) system, delving into the theoretical, technical, and political issues that were encountered. Vireo is the main component of the system, a Manakin-based addon to DSpace that handles the ETD work flow, starting with a student’s initial submission through an iterative staff review, cataloging by the library, and on to final publication.

Citation:

• Mikeal, A., Creel, J., Maslov, A., Phillips, S., Leggett, J., and McFarland, M. 2009. Large-scale ETD repositories: a case study of a digital library application. In Proceedings of the 2009 Joint international Conference on Digital Libraries (Austin, TX, USA, June 15 - 19, 2009). JCDL ‘09. ACM, New York, NY, 135-144. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.¹¹⁴⁵⁄_1555400.1555423