DSpace Digital Repository
Nearly 80 students have uploaded their honors theses into the D-Space digital repository that was established at Swem as part of the spring pilot with the Charles Center. DSpace is organized around “communities” and collections. In the pilot project, we established community called Research @ William and Mary that currently is made up of four collections:
- Honors Theses
- Research Journals
- Williamsburg Documentary Projects
- Working Papers and Projects
The repository accepts just about any kind of media you want to throw at it, and the library IT staff is in the process of purchasing additional storage. Faculty or students who have need to store research products of all kinds in an organized way with rich metadata might find this a valuable resource. You can subscribe to updates in the collection by email or RSS. I’m getting using email to get a daily update of new theses and find the diversity of titles fascinating. Recent updates have ranged from A Million Little Pieces, Incorporated: How Oprah Winfrey Maintained Her (Non)Capitalist Media Empire to The Impact of Ambient Noise on Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Nestling Begging.
I’m hoping we can continue to work together with the library staff to expand this resource.
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