Library

Library staff will welcome the fact that the creation of an ETD repository offers an opportunity to improve services to users. However, they may have concerns about the time involved in the creation of the repository and the ongoing maintenance and development of it. Guidance is available from many institutions that have already made progress in this area and much can be achieved quickly by examining examples of best practice.

The advantages for researchers and students, in terms of ease of access etc., are significant and should allow a persuasive argument to be made if 'start up' costs are required. Where institutions have an e-prints collection based on software such as DSpace or Eprints they may already have much of the infrastructure for an ETD repository in place.