Subject: OpenETD, web-based ETD Management Utility now available
From: Kalaivani Ananthan <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:10:01 -0400

Dear ETD Community,

The Rutgers University Libraries are pleased to announce the 
availability of OpenETD, a web-based software application for managing 
the submission, approval, and distribution of electronic theses and 
dissertations (ETDs). OpenETD is the open source release of the Rutgers 
University Libraries’ RUetd application and will be maintained on the 
RUetd annual release schedule. Releases will include fixes for known 
problems and recommendations for enhancements received from internal 
projects and from the user community at large.

OpenETD can be used as either a standalone ETD submission system, or it 
can be implemented as a component of an institutional repository by 
using its METS/XML export functionality. Using the METS/XML export 
functionality, native to OpenETD, implementers can export acquired ETDs 
to their local institutional repositories for preservation and 
presentation purposes. Highlights of the software include UTF-8 
compliance, configuration and administration support for multiple 
graduate schools, status notifications for student users, support for 
supplementary files, graduation reports, automated page and margin 
validation, and UMI/Proquest delivery support.

To learn more about product features, to view the license, and to 
download the application, please visit:
http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/open/projects/openetd/index.php?sec=press. 

Thanks,
Kalaivani Ananthan

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Kalaivani Ananthan
Digital Library Applications Manager
Rutgers University Libraries, Systems Department
Technical and Automated Services Building
47 Davidson Road, 
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 

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Phone:(732) 445-5896