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Colleagues, *DART-Europe portal for European research theses* For a European view of full-text research theses, look at the DART-Europe portal at http://www.dart-europe.eu. The portal currently provides access to just under 100,000 full-text research theses from 12 European countries - including from some national aggregation services. Further European partners will shortly join DART-Europe. Ethos will appear as a partner in due course, with the Ethos metadata being harvested into the DART-Europe portal. DART-Europe is a service which is run by LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries (see http://www.libereurope.eu). Paul Ayris Director of UCL Library Services & Vice-President, DART-Europe Graham Titley wrote: > Totally agree - this is the way forward. However, the value of the service is diminished by the reticence of some institutions to getting involved. Time; peer pressure from DocDel; and most importantly peer pressure from their theses' authors (Why is my thesis not included?) may change that position. Until then, the loss of access to previously available theses is an issue. > > Graham Titley > Document Delivery and Copyright Librarian > University of Plymouth > Drake Circus > Plymouth > PL4 8AA > > Tel: 01752 587162 or 587161 > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: UK discussion list for electronic theses and dissertations [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Keene > Sent: 28 January 2009 11:31 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: EThOS enters Public Beta phase > > While I note that there are a few questions over how the transition to > ethos is taking place, and the disappointment with the delay in > launching ethos itself. > > I don't think we should loose site of what a great development this is. > It goes without saying this will massively open up the theses from the > UK. I'm not aware of many other countries that have done this at a > national level (http://adt.caul.edu.au/ is the only one that springs to > mind). > There are many projects going on in HE libraries/IT but rare for one to > have such a concrete and public facing outcome. > > So a thank you to all involved, and those who decided to fund it. > > I'd be interested in seeing the stats as the service takes off, and hope > the service (e.g. software) will continue to develop over time. > > Regards > Chris > > On 26/01/2009 20:49, Stephens, Owen wrote: > >> EThOS has been in public beta since last Tuesday, and we are pleased with its performance so far. Based on our own monitoring, and feedback from users, we have been able to adjust the system to make improvements, and we continue to monitor this closely. In the last seven days, 291 theses have been downloaded directly, and a further 628 have been ordered for digitisation. >> >> We are collecting feedback from this list, as well as several other channels, and we are working with the British Library and other project partners to look at the issues raised, and how we can best respond. Please keep asking questions or raising issues so that we can ensure we can respond to them. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Owen >> > > > -- > Chris Keene [log in to unmask] > Technical Development Manager Tel (01273) 877950 > University of Sussex Library > http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/ > -- Dr Paul Ayris Director of UCL Library Services & UCL Copyright Officer Tel +44 20 7679 7834 Fax +44 20 7679 7373 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Mobile 07771974051