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Digitizing doctoral dissertations for an institutional repository is cost-effective, with the University of Massachusetts Medical School spending $0.28 per page. This process enhances repository visibility and author engagement.

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Area of Science:

  • Library and Information Science
  • Digital Humanities
  • Scholarly Communication

Background:

  • Institutional repositories (IRs) are crucial for disseminating scholarly work.
  • Digitization of legacy content is a common challenge for academic libraries.
  • The Lamar Soutter Library sought to integrate doctoral dissertations into its new IR.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To detail the process and costs of digitizing 300 doctoral dissertations.
  • To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of local digitization for an IR.
  • To evaluate the impact of digitized dissertations on IR usage.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic digitization workflow including scanning, quality control, and OCR.
  • Metadata element identification and permission acquisition from authors.
  • Coordination across library departments for efficient processing.

Main Results:

  • 320 dissertations digitized at a cost of $23,562 ($0.28/page).
  • Author permission rate of 74% (282/381 contacted).
  • 17,555 downloads of full-text dissertations in 17 months.

Conclusions:

  • Local digitization is a cost-effective strategy for populating IRs.
  • Successful digitization projects enhance IR recruitment and library relationships.
  • Key challenges include workflow management, cost, policy, and copyright issues.