Kelsey Libner: CFP: Call for preservation!
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CFP: Call for preservation!
Results and discussion of a survey on the preservation of electronic theses and dissertations
Kelsey Libner

North Carolina State University Libraries

kelsey_libner@ncsu.edu

NCSU Libraries, Campus Box 7111, Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 / USA

www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/

Keywords:
Preservation, preservation policies, digital preservation, format, migration, survey, backup, PDF

Abstract

16 institutions were surveyed regarding practices for long-term preservation of ETDs. The first part of this paper reports results of the survey. Results are organized into topical areas including: electronic file format; electronic file backup; physical form of backup, if any; differences in the processing of master's theses vs. dissertations; and migration. Policies and practices vary widely across institutions and are in many cases a work in progress. The second part of the paper takes up questions surrounding file format of both the main document and supplementary files. The structured presentation and discussion of survey results is indended to underscore the complexity of the preservation challenges that lie ahead and to provide guidance in framing future discussions among librarians, archivists, and faculty.

Table of Contents

Front pageCFP: Call for preservation!
Preface Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 A survey of ETD preservation at 16 institutions
2.1Purpose and method
2.2Results
2.2.1General ETD policy
2.2.2Electronic file format
2.2.2.1File format of the main document
2.2.2.2Supplementary files
2.2.3Electronic file backup
2.2.4Paper copies
2.2.5Physical copies of dissertations
2.2.6Processing of master‘s theses vs. Dissertations
2.2.7Migration plans
2.2.8Workflow and coordination
3 Discussion of selected results
3.1.1File formats: A closer look at Portable Document Format (PDF)
3.1.1.1PDF and Adobe Systems Incorporated
3.1.1.2In search of an archival PDF format
3.1.1.3Archival storage of the main document
3.1.2File formats: Policies on supplementary files
4 Conclusion
Appendix A Survey Participants
Appendix B Survey questions
Appendix C References
Bibliography Bibliography

Table of Tables

Table 1: Advantages and disadvantages
Table 2: Survey Participants
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