California Institute of Technology
Caltech Library
Metadata Services GroupUnited States
Primary Contact:
Kathy Johnson
Repository Librarian
626-395-6065
Program Overview
CaltechTHESIS is part of CODA, the Caltech Collection of Open Digital Archives, managed by Caltech Library Services. The mission of CODA is to collect, manage, preserve, and provide global access over time to the scholarly output of the Institute and the publications of campus units. CaltechTHESIS contains PhD, engineer’s, master’s, and bachelor’s/senior theses authored by Caltech students. Most items in CaltechTHESIS are textual dissertations, but some may also contain software programs, maps, videos,etc. The ETD is the version of record for the Institute and deposit of doctoral dissertations is required for graduation.
Year publishing activities began: 2001
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (1)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; simple websites
Disciplinary specialties: biology; chemistry and chemical engineering; engineering and applied science; geology and planetary science; physics; mathematics; astronomy
Top publications: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
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Publishing platform(s): Eprints
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; author copyright advisory; digitization
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Undergoing gradual move of platforms to Islandora/Fedora, including preservation activity.View All Entries