National Library of Australia


Deakin University digital theses collection

Project participants: Deakin University Library, Deakin University. It is anticipated that Deakin University Library will work with the Australian Digital Theses Project and operate within these guidelines.
Contact officer/s: Colin Bates, Information Services Manager, Deakin University Library (email colinb@deakin.edu.au, phone 03 5227 2713 or fax 03 5227 8000)
Project description: To digitise past and future Deakin University higher degree by research theses and make them available over the WWW. Project to be in line with the Australian Digital Theses Project. Result will be a WWW site hosted by Deakin University Library. Aims include provision of wider access to the titles and the preservation of titles.
URL of site: http://www.deakin.edu.au/library/adt/
URL for project information: http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au/adt-VDU/info/glance.html
Content: The collection will include only Deakin University HDR theses at the Masters level and above. Coursework and minor theses are not eligible for inclusion.
Digitisation policy and priorities: Deakin University does not have a digitisation policy at present.
Timetable: The current project will run from 31/08/1999 to 30/03/2000. It is envisioned that it will then be ongoing.
Budget and funding: No allocated budget. Will be funded within existing staff and budget allocations of Deakin University Library. Grants or project funding may be bid for in the future.
Staff resources: In-house by Deakin University Library Staff.
Technical standards: Material digitised includes photographs, handwritten material, typewritten text, transparencies, charts, maps.
Proposed to use PDF files created from other electronic formats and and by scanning. SGML and HTML will be used if appropriate. Metadata will comply with Dublin core.
Cataloguing and indexing: Items will be catalogued (Dewey) and listed in the Deakin University Library Catalogue. Data will be added to the Australian Digital theses Project database. Dublin Core metadata standards will be applied.
Comments: Project is just beginning as of end of August 1999.

Project managers wishing to update the details of their Australian digitisation projects, should email the changes to alg@nla.gov.au.

Last modified: August 09 2004.