Conferencia realizado del 12 al 14 de setiembre en Lima, Peru del 2012 en el marco del 15º Simposio Internacional de Tesis y Disertaciones Electrónicas (ETD 2012). Evento aupiciado por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) y la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC). / actively supports open access to research literature for all researchers worldwide. The repository
for electronic theses and dissertations is called UPeTD and is managed by the Open Scholarship
office. More full-time PhD students have enrolled at UP – many of them from African countries
or disadvantaged groups within South Africa. Our student body is a diverse group – in the
graduate group almost 50% come from other countries in Africa.
UPeTD has been in operation for more than a decade. During this time the process has not really
changed, but it has undergone staff and management changes. Seeing that the campus is in
constant flux with new supervisors arriving and older ones retiring, a re-evaluation of the service,
its process, access options and copyright seems relevant at this time.
Methods: All UP supervisors were requested to complete a questionnaire. The purpose of the
questionnaire was to evaluate the adoption of the electronic submission of theses and
dissertations to the UPeTD database; investigate and analyse the current process; gain insight into
supervisors’ attitudes towards the UPeTD repository.
Objectives of the questionnaire were to determine the usefulness of UPeTD as a repository;
establish the benefits for UPeTD users; measure policy knowledge and compliance; determine
the most popular communication channel with our clients; and establish the current knowledge
and awareness level of the supervisors.
Conclusions: In this paper the quantitative and qualitative results of the study will be shared. We
will also share key aspects of our management of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) and
our improved knowledge of the use and usefulness of our institutional repository and our choices
of open access software. Recommendations and future improvements, informed by the data, will
be discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/622577 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | Olivier, Elsabé, Louw, Ina |
| Publisher | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject |
| Source | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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