Caltech CODA (Collection of Open Digital Archives)
<
http://coda.caltech.edu/> reached a couple of new milestones at the end
of November. Overall, the archives provide access to more than 13,500
books, dissertations, articles, technical reports, patents, websites,
and other scholarly materials.
The largest archive, CaltechAUTHORS
<
http://authors.library.caltech.edu/>, moved past the 8100 record level.
It attracted the interest of one of our Nobel laureates as a possible
tool for providing access to his entire body of work. Librarians are
actively working with the professor in securing the necessary rights and
permissions from publishers to make his vision a reality. More on this
story as it develops.
CaltechETD <
http://etd.caltech.edu/> passed the 4000 record level,
providing online access to 45% of the Institute's almost 9000
dissertations. Electronic theses have been mandatory at Caltech since
July 2002 and became the version of record in 2007.
George S. Porter
Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science
California Institute of Technology
Mail Code 1-43, Pasadena, CA 91125-4300
Telephone (626) 395-3409 Fax (626) 431-2681
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