Greek Theses on the Internet

Received from June Samaras:

Doctoral dissertations (Greek scientists- a valuable record and a significant source of knowledge), are concentrated in a revamped website (http://www.didaktorika.gr ), with new search capabilities, navigation and access to the full content. This is the electronic "roof" of the National Archive of PhD Theses (EADD), whose responsibility is setting up and maintaining the National Documentation Centre (EKT).

http://education.gr/didaktorika-online/

In EADD repository includes more than 29,000 bibliographic records of theses systematically documented (with elements such as title, abstract, author, academic field, educational institution, council members, year of doctorate award, keywords, country, language). Users can find the material that interests them, using multiple filters, and easy to navigate in different fields: scientific discipline, institution, author, country, language, date.

More than 20,500 dissertations provide access to the full text of the thesis - the EADD currently contains 4,500,000 digitized pages, a number that is constantly growing. Besides the possibility of browsing and printing per page, users can now save their thesis in PDF document pdf, after registering the repository and acceptance of terms of use (for personal, non-commercial use or for educational / research purposes ).

Registered users can also be ordered online a thesis in print form or on CD / DVD, or express their interest in digitization / post the full text of a thesis that is not available online. Also new in the online environment work Electronic Support Center User EADD (http://helpdesk.didaktorika.gr), which allows for electronic filing and answering requests and access to FAQs and useful files.

The National Archive of PhD Theses (EADD), a service of the National Documentation Centre (EKT) brings together the theses elaborated in Greek universities Greek and foreign students, and universities abroad by Greek students (recognized by DOATAP).

The ECB, by law, is since 1985 the organization responsible for maintaining the National Archive of Dissertations. The majority of theses included in EADD has developed from 1985 onwards, while a small percentage of theses (about 6%) for the period 1932 -1985. The form file more than 30,000 doctoral theses held in the Library of Science and Technology of the ECB at the National Research Foundation.

The EADD is an important stock of scientific knowledge and the ESF utilizes all the capabilities of the new Information and Communication Technologies for the free disposal of the scientific community and society. Specifically, the ECB has moved the National Register of Dissertations, along with mass digitization of older dissertations, electronic repository infrastructure, with increased functionality and services.

This ensures that search, retrieval and long term preservation of theses and interoperability with international repositories. At the same time, increasing the ease of identifying theses by integrating their EADD makes them searchable by search engines (eg Google). In addition, every registered thesis in the repository EADD acquire a permanent address (URL), while ensuring the long term preservation of digital objects and the timeless presentation and promotion of the project.

The ECB participates actively in international network of DART-Europe, a collaboration between research libraries and library consortia across Europe, with a view to improving access to European doctoral dissertations. Thus, the Greek has a PhD in European portal DART (www.dart-europe.eu), which provides open access to over 400,000 theses from 27 European countries through a single search interface and navigation.

Strengthening the researcher: Benefits of placing a thesis at EADD

Open access to scientific knowledge is a central pillar of the European Digital Agenda for 2020, the dominant trend in the international scientific community and a key term growth in line with national and European policies on scientific and cultural knowledge and production.

The ECB, fulfilling its institutional role, creates the infrastructure for the collection, documentation and disposal eminent scientific and cultural content in Greek and international scientific community. A key point of this action is the ECB and the National Archives of Dissertations (EADD). The basic principles that shape the political mood of the content of EADD is: to protect and enhance open access to research and knowledge production, and support young researchers in their quest to make their work known and accessible to Greek and international scientific community but also the general public.

The open availability of doctoral theses from the central, authoritative, reliable Web service EADD has undeniable benefits to their own students, the research community and the general public. The EADD is the gateway to display the results of original scientific research, but also the use and re-use. So, for the researcher who submits the thesis, the point is timeless EADD visibility and dissemination of labor, increasing the potential references and international recognition.

Taking even mind that every doctoral dissertation is one of the first texts in which a researcher is known in the academic community, perceived the great importance of proper disposal, disposal and documentation of the thesis for further development of the new investigator . Moreover, these procedures ensure transparency in the conduct of research while contributing to the prevention of plagiarism. On the website of EADD you can find detailed information for both the deposit and procedures for the multiple benefits arising from the process of filing theses.

The updated version of the National Archives Depository Dissertations developed within the project "National Information System for Research and Technology (EPSET)-Social Networks and Content Generated by Users" (Operational Programme "Digital Convergence" NSRF Co-financing of Greece and the EU European Regional Development Fund) (www.epset.gr), which is the main developmental task of the ECB.

Internet Addresses

National Register of Dissertations
http://www.didaktorika.gr


National Documentation Centre
http://www.ekt.gr


National Information System for Research and Technology
http://www.epset.gr


Greek website for Open Access
http://www.openaccess.gr


Contact for journalists

National Documentation Centre
Margaritis President, tel: 210 7273966, e-mail: mproed@ekt.gr
http://www.ekt.gr


http://www.openaccess.gr


National Documentation Centre: access to knowledge

The National Documentation Centre (www.ekt.gr) is a national scientific user facility at the National Research Foundation. As infrastructure nationwide, the ECB's institutional role in the collection, organization and dissemination of scientific and technological information within and outside the country. It also provides information on research and innovation, and supports participation in national and European programs and use of research results.

With a continuous presence in the Greek scientific community since 1980, the ECB uses the Information and Communication Technologies, combined with modern business methods to develop innovative measures geared to enhance open access to digital content, science and culture. To this end, it collaborates with important producers of prestigious content, such as libraries, archives, museums, research centers.

More than 5,300,000 digital pages of electronic repositories, journals and digital libraries are already available from the website of the National Information System for Research and Technology (www.epset.gr), which is the main developmental task of the ECB.