Electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) represent a significant part of academic publications. They contain valuable information about academic research, in particular on research projects, institutions and experts. This information can be useful for the management of expertise and skills of persons and organisations in the current research information systems (CRIS). The paper provides an ov...

Colorado State University, along with seven other academic institutions and a university press, migrated out of DigiTool to DSpace in the fall of 2015. This article will analyze the customizations made to the application, including assigning multiple handles; automating ingest of electronic theses and dissertations; mapping of multiple schema (METS, MODS, MARC) to Dublin Core; modifying the Sim...

introduction. dissertation is one of important available information resources, especially in libraries. in fact, dissertation reflects the accepted university pattern for research presentation and evaluation of dissertation subjects during a period presents the university research strategy. methods. all postgraduate dissertations of iums during 1368-78 were evaluated using a checklist for thei...

It is not unusual these days to have a group of economists gather to discuss their research on crime. In Europe and the Americas, a critical mass of academic economists have specialized in the study of crime and its control, and there is now a steady flow of economics doctoral dissertations on this topic. As we near the 50 anniversary of Gary Becker’s seminal contribution to this field (Becker,...

Following an overview of the historical context of copyright legislation, this paper discusses copyright within the scholarly communication process and the role of libraries in providing access to copyright materials in the digital age. The argument is made that the balance of “rights” and “exceptions” that has been maintained for 300 years needs to be reconsidered for scholarly communications,...

Science policy makers, university administrators, funding agencies, and prospective students all rely on many factors when deciding which academic institutions to become involved with. Organizations have stepped in to provide information to support such decision makers. From US News and World Report rankings1 to the recently released National Research Council report on academic institutions [4]...

This work was carried out in graduate school ASCI. ASCI dissertation series number 288. To my wife, Minh Anh and my son, Viet Tung. In the memory of my father in law.