Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

Our paper, “ ETD-MS v2.0: A Proposed Extended Standard for Metadata of Electronic Theses and Dissertations ,” was accepted at the 27th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2024) , held in Livingstone, Zambia. ETD 2024 welcomed contributions on a wide range of topics related to Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), including digital libraries, institutional repositories, graduate education and training, open access, and open science. The symposium brought together global researchers, practitioners, and educators dedicated to advancing the creation, curation, and accessibility of ETDs.  As the number of ETDs in digital repositories continues to grow, the need for a metadata standard that aligns with the FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) principles becomes increasingly important. Dublin Core and ETD-MS v1.1 are widely used metadata schemas for scholarly documents and ETDs. However, we identified several gaps ...