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Electronic Theses and Dissertations
An Online Submission Application from
UMI
Dissertations Publishing
ECURE 2004
Tempe, Arizona March 2, 2004
Bill Savage — UMI Dissertations Publishing
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ETD Submission Software
UMI Dissertations Publishing is working with Berkeley Electronic Press to
distribute a web-based application to facilitate submission and administration of ETDs.
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ETD Submission Software
Submission software is made available to graduate schools or other appropriate entities at no charge.
To date, 57 institutions have established a site and undergone training or have registered to do so.
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Site Administration
Graduate School Administrator reviews the document for compliance
with graduate school policy and format.
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The Changing Environment
In addition to the Bepress submission application, over 60 institutions submit some
or all of their dissertations and Masters theses in digital format through various delivery means.
Title: Mapping artifacts on the frontier of ancient China: An approach to study of the Yan
mountainous area in the eastern Zhou period (8th--3rd centuries BC)
Order No: 9985056
Author: Li, Jian-jing
Degree: PhD
Corporate Source/Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Date: 2000
Pages: 143
Advisor: Linduff, Katheryn M.
ISBN: 0-599-92061-0
Source: DAI-A 61/08, p. 2959, Feb 2001
Descriptors: ART HISTORY; HISTORY, ASIA, AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA
Descriptor Codes: 0377; 0332
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Managing Access
Abstract:
Study of the late Zhou period in China has concentrated on analysis of the agrarian-based
states. Interaction between those who constituted the Chinese dynastic states and pastoral
peoples on the periphery of them were often described in hostile or colonial terms. With only
the official histories as guides, an explanation that drew strict boundaries between them
prevailed until the late 20th century. With increased archaeological information documenting
activity outside of dynastic centers, the former interpretation can be tested. An
alternative scenario at the frontier is proposed here.
Study of artifacts, their disposition and cultural use have provided
the basic tool for identifying distinctive life ways and affiliations. Both
Chinese and frontier burial materials and practices have been researched and interpreted
with knowledge of and comparison to other border societies and theory about frontiers and
their function in relation to a central political unit. Focus is on the Yan Mountain region
and its relation to the Zhou vassal state of Yan in northeast China.
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Managing Access
29 Elements of the Full DAI/MAI Citation
Data Element Chart
Tag
Description
Start Date *
001
Publication number/order number
005
Date and time of latest transaction
008
Fixed length data elements
020
ISBN
January, 1998 for DAI
035
System control number
040
Cataloging source
100
Main author
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English translation of foreign title
DAI-C Spring 1988
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Title statement
300
Number of pages
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Managing Access
Full DAI/MAI Citation
Data Element Chart
Tag
Description
Start Date *
500
General note (Source)
500
General note (Publisher)
DAI-C only
500
General note (Advisor)
January 1988 for DAI
502
Dissertation note
506
Restrictions on access note
520
Abstract of dissertation
July 1980, for DAI July 1988, for MAI
535
Location of copy
DAI-C Spring 1988
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Managing Access
Full DAI/MAI Citation
Tag
Description
Start Date *
590
Local note (School code)
650
Subject term
690
Subject code
700
Added entry - Multiple Author
710
Added entry - Corporate name
740
Added entry - Variant title
773
Host item entry
790
Added entry
Advisor name Jan 1989
790
School Code
791
Degree name
792
Degree date
793
Language of dissertation
July 1992 for DAI
* All fields listed are valid for all records in the database, covering all dates
from 1861 forward with the exception of those so described in the start date column.
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Delivery
Since 1997, all paper submissions have been reformatted into TIFF images and wrapped in PDF for delivery.
Over 475,000 reformatted titles available.
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Delivery
Year
Sessions
Searches
Downloads
1999
253,192
838,379
26,023
2000
448,933
1,551,106
66,183
2001
633,322
2,188,906
149,961
2002
845,386
2,940,426
239,813
2003
1,203,322
4,237,966
476,480
* Sessions originated from over 1,200 institutions, downloads to over 700 institutions.
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Storage
UMI will continue support of established technologies and archivally permanent storage media.
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Journal, April, 2002: Properly stored, polyester base
film will last 750 to 1,000 years.
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Storage
Challenge to develop a flexible archiving system, responsive to changing storage and
distribution technologies and emerging standards.
There are suggestions on good practice for long term digital storage; however, there are
no standards for digital preservation.
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Storage
All reformatted paper submissions stored on spinning disk and microform.
All digital submissions stored on separate media.
Primary storage: spinning disk
Redundancy through magnetic tape
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Storage
Printable elements of digital submissions (page-based text and graphics) reformatted onto microform.
Image Graphics E-Beam camera captures digital input and reformats to silver-halide
microfiche or microfilm.
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Storage
Data Refreshing:
Regularly scheduled sampling of files using creation date as sampling key.
Read error triggers a survey of all files in date range and physical proximity.
File recovery from reserve storage and replacement of corrupted files.
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Storage
Migration:
Hardware and software capitalized over a 3-5 year schedule of planned obsolescence.
Business plans reviewed every three years to determine if technological
change requires earlier replacement.
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Storage
The UMI ProQuest Digital Dissertations collection has been designated as a remotely
located collection of the Library of Congress.
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Preservation Issues
How do you preserve the work of a great chef?
Save recipes?
Freeze dry food?
Gas chromotography of the aromas?
Michael Lesk, Preserving Digital Objects: Recurrent Needs and Challenges
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Preservation Issues
Limit multi-media formats accepted
Images
GIF (.gif)
JPEG (.jpeg)
PDF (.pdf) use Type 1 PostScript fonts
TIFF (.tif)
Audio
AIF(.aif)
CD-DA
CD-ROM/XA
MIDI (.midi)
SND (.snd)
MPEG-2
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Preservation Issues
Limit multi-media formats accepted
Video
Apple Quick Time (.mov)
Microsoft Audio Video Interleaved (.avi)
MPEG (.mpg)
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Preservation Issues
The most interesting research breaks boundaries and defines new categories.
Will the computer and new media reshape the way we think about and represent knowledge?
The shift toward non-linearity in entertainment
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Contact Info
Bill Savage
UMI Dissertations Publishing bsavage@umi.com
1-800-521-0600 ext. 3810
