[Web4lib] DART-Europe E-Theses Portal

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DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who
are working together to improve global access to European research theses.
DART-Europe is endorsed by LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de
Recherche), and it is the European Working Group of the Networked Digital
Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD).

The DART-Europe partners help to provide researchers with a single European
Portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), and
they participate in advocacy to influence future European e-theses
developments. DART-Europe offers partners a European networking forum on ETD
issues, and may provide the opportunity to submit collaborative funding
applications to achieve DART-Europe's vision for ETDs.

DART-Europe is resourced through partner contributions.

Partners support the following principles:

1.DART-Europe will encourage the creation, discovery and use of European
e-theses, and will maintain a central Portal for e-thesis aggregation and
access.

2.European libraries and consortia are invited to contribute metadata to the
DART-Europe Portal. Contributors will determine the terms and conditions
under which their metadata are contributed.

3.DART-Europe welcomes the contribution by partners of resources to support
the management, discovery, usability and preservation of e-theses, and to
further the aims and objectives of DART-Europe.

4.Partners will designate one representative to act as a contact for
DART-Europe, and will nominate at least one representative to participate in
the DART-Europe email lists.

5.DART-Europe welcomes offers from partners to host DART-Europe Project
Board meetings, as occasion demands.

6.Partners will help to secure DART-Europe's status as an international
network of excellence in information, expertise and resources relating to
ETDs.

7.DART-Europe will be administered by UCL (University College London) and
governed by a Board consisting of representatives of partner organisations.
The constitution and Terms of Reference of the governing Board will be
determined and from time to time reviewed by the Board.

Links To Source / DART-Europe Documents Downloads / Participating
Institutions / Etc. Available At

[ http://tinyurl.com/yl5n5ec ]

ENJoy

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

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