Design
Project Design and Timeline
The Texas ETD Repository goals are to:
- Develop policies for ETD submission, licensing, access, and preservation.
- Develop standards for structural, descriptive, rights management, and preservation metadata using METS.
- Develop a state-wide common ETD submission system with organic METS support.
- Develop multi-faceted repository discovery services.
- Develop a robust digital preservation system.
- Deploy the system for the members of the Texas Digital Library and recruit other graduate institutions in the state to participate.
- Sustain and evaluate the Texas ETD Repository.
- Year 1 (2007-2008): Planning and Development
- Year 2 (2008-2009): Deployment
- Year 3 (2009-2010): Sustain and Evaluate
