The following case study describes an academic library’s recent experience implementing the harvesting method to submit electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) into the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database (PQDT). In this lesser-known approach, ETDs are deposited first in the institutional repository (IR), where they get processed, to be later harvested for free by ProQuest through the IR’s Open Archives Initiative (OAI) feed. The method provides a series of advantages over some of the alternative methods, including students’ choice to opt-in or out from ProQuest, better control over the embargo restrictions, and more customization power without having to rely on overly complicated workflows. Institutions interested in adopting a simple, automated, post-IR method to submit ETDs into ProQuest, while keeping the local workflow, should benefit from this method.

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使用收集方法将ETD提交到ProQuest中

以下案例研究描述了一个大学图书馆在实施收获方法以将电子论文和论文（ETD）提交到ProQuest论文和论文全球数据库（PQDT）中的最新经验。在这种鲜为人知的方法中，ETD首先存储在机构存储库（IR）中，在该存储库中进行处理，然后由ProQuest通过IR的Open Archives Initiative（OAI）提要免费获取。与某些替代方法相比，该方法具有一系列优势，包括学生选择是否选择ProQuest或退出ProQuest，更好地控制禁运限制以及更多的自定义功能，而不必依赖过于复杂的工作流程。有兴趣采用简单，自动化的后IR方法将ETD提交到ProQuest，同时保留本地工作流程的机构，