2006 Survey
The survey was conducted in November 2006. Full
Membership Survey 2006 report.
The key findings of the survey were:
- The average percentage of records for digital theses added
to ADT is 95% when digital submission is mandatory and
17% when it is not mandatory. This implies that less than
22% of students submit a digital thesis when it is not
mandatory when you take into account the small percentage that are
not added to ADT for copyright or embargo reasons (up to 5%).
- 59% of respondents will
have mandatory digital submission in place in 2007.
- With this
level of mandatory submission it is predicted that 60%
of all theses produced in Australia and New Zealand in 2007 will
have a digital copy recorded in ADT.
- Two respondents have retrospectively digitised all or nearly
all of their theses, and nine have projects underway.
- The overwhelming majority of respondents offer a mediated
submission service, either only having a mediated service
or offering both mediated and self-submission services.
When mediated and self-submission are both available, the
percentage self-submitted is polarised with some achieving
over a 75% self-submission rate.
- Over half the respondents have a repository already and
most are using it to manage digital theses.
- 87% will have a repository by the end of 2007, and the
rest are in the initial planning stage.
2003 Survey
2003 Member Survey results
