- Background:
- initially funded by Australian Research
Council - Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Program
grant (ARC-RIEF)
- initiative of 7 Australian Universities
- The University of New South Wales [leader]; University of Melbourne;
University of Queensland; University of Sydney; Australian National
University; Curtin University of Technology; Griffith University - in association with Council of Australian
University Librarians (CAUL)
- model developed during 1998-1999;
opening up to all CAUL members in 2000
- Australian model unique as its focus
is on a collaborative approach in developing sustainable method
for distributed input to form a central metadata database of digitised
theses
- How does the ADT model work:
- local institution uses ADT software
to process theses in digital format. The theses are mounted on the
institutions own server/s. The local institution can also integrate
access to theses via local infrastructure, eg web catalogue, provide
local search interface, etc..
- the ADT software automatically generates
DC metadata. This metadata is gathered on a regular basis into a
central metadata repository/database. The metadata database is searchable
using an Australian developed proprietary search engine, with links provided back to the
local institution housing the digitised theses files
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