FYI A discaimer - I have not checkd it out :) Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM ----- Original Message ----- From: Kalaivani Ananthan <ananthan@RCI.RUTGERS.EDU> To: ETD-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU Subject: OpenETD, web-based ETD Management Utility now available 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=pres....

Thanks, Kalaivani Ananthan

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

ananthan@rci.rutgers.edu Phone:(732) 445-5896

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