Title:	A PORTAL FOR DOCTORAL E-THESES IN EUROPE; Lessons Learned from a Demonstrator Project
Author:	Vanderfeesten, M.P.J.P Westrienen, Gerard van SURF Foundation
Year:	2007
Publisher:	SURF Foundation
URL publisher:	http://www.surffoundation.nl
Document type:	Research paper
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Abstract:	For the first time various repositories with doctoral e-theses have been harvested on an international scale. This report describes a small pilot project which tested the interoperability of repositories for e-theses and has set up a freely accessible European portal with over 10,000 doctoral e-theses1. Five repositories from five different countries in Europe were involved: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) was the common protocol used to test the interoperability. Based upon earlier experiences and developed tools (harvester, search engine) of the national DAREnet service in the Netherlands, SURFfoundation could establish a prototype for this European e-theses Demonstrator relatively fast and simple.
Keywords:	doctoral theses, repositories, e-depot, dissertations