Unpacking the Impact and Usage of Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Case Study
| dc.contributor.author | Ruddock, Kathryn | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hurrell, Christie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-09T19:36:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-09T19:36:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-05-09 | |
| dc.description | This is a presentation from the 2019 Library Publishing Forum in Vancouver, BC, Canada. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A graduate thesis or dissertation, for most graduate students, represents the culmination of years of research and study, and are an important record of the intellectual output of an academic institution. Like many academic institutions, the University of Calgary began in 2012 to deposit electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) into PRISM, the University of Calgary’s Digital Repository. PRISM provides a valuable archive and dissemination vehicle for unique research outputs of early career researchers. All theses are described and categorized with disciplinary information. Usage data is tracked from November 2015 – present. These characteristics of the ETD collection also allow for investigation into understanding the usage of these documents and how they relate to other research outputs, like articles and monographs, the impact of which are commonly measured by metrics such as citation counts or download statistics. For this case study, we investigated the usage patterns of the ETD collection to understand how these scholarly outputs fit into the scholarly communications ecosystem. Through analysis of statistics and metrics available through the repository as well as those available through academic databases, we explore the following questions: What do repository usage statistics tell us about ETDs as a scholarly output? Do factors like subject and length of time available influence higher usage of ETDs in a repository? And does repository usage correlate to a citation advantage, either for the thesis itself or for derivative works? | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110331 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36507 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Libraries and Cultural Resources | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en_US |
| dc.rights | Unless otherwise indicated, this material is protected by copyright and has been made available with authorization from the copyright owner. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 | en_US |
| dc.subject | institutional repository | en_US |
| dc.subject | electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | en_US |
| dc.title | Unpacking the Impact and Usage of Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Case Study | en_US |
| dc.type | unknown |