title: Preserving Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Findings of the Lifecycle Management for ETDs Project
creators: Martin Halbert Katherine Skinner Matt Schultz
abstract: This paper conveys findings from four years of research conducted by the MetaArchive Cooperative, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), and the University of North Texas to investigate and document how academic institutions may best ensure that the electronic theses and dissertations they acquire from students today will be available to future researchers.
keywords: ischool toronto canada archival information packages data management digital archives digital curation digital libraries electronic theses and dissertations etds digital objects digital preservation distributed digital preservation ingest interoperability micro-services repository software submission information packages