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unique Australian initiative administered by CAUL
All CAUL members are automatically
members of the ADT Program.
The purpose of this form is to confirm a member's intention
to become an active contributor to the program.
Note: This form is for CAUL/CONZUL institutions
preparing to contribute theses to the database. The form is
not intended for individual users of the web-site, or for potential
contributors of theses. If you have completed a higher degree
thesis at a university in Australia or New Zealand and wish
to include it in the ADT, please contact your
awarding University.
In joining, (enter name of institution)
undertakes to abide by the conventions and standards required for
submission and/or deposit of digital theses to the ADT Program.
We understand that these conventions are necessary to maintain the
integrity and quality of the distributed database.
As an active participant we undertake to fully support
the standards, processes, aims and philosophy of the ADT Program. These
are:
- to extend to CAUL non-exclusive, royalty-free license to harvest,
copy, host and store all or part of the member's metadata in the
ADT metadata repository, to allow free access to this metadata via
the web, and to allow the ADT Program to make the metadata available
for international discovery purposes,
- to establish a local program for the deposit and/or direct submission
of digital theses,
- to promote this program locally,
- to actively engage in the university processes for the rules of
submission to be changed in order
- to accept digital versions at least as an option
- to work towards integration of the digital program with the
normal processes and procedures as prescribed locally,
- to ensure wherever possible that the local digital theses be available
for worldwide release and
- to contribute to the maintenance of the project by sharing information,
experiences and resources.
The ADT Program will make available an appropriate
copy of the ADT deposit/submission software, instructions on installation
and general setup support as required.
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