Repository Management Relationship: None
Demographics / User Characteristics
- Generally an ADAP - Assistant Director of Academic Programming, located within a school
- Works with Student Submitter and Library Deposit Supervisor to steward ETD deposit process
- Not a content creator
- Expert knowledge of school academic policy and standards
- Familiar with repository mediation workflows and interfaces; provides inputs as a stakeholder
- Usually not familiar with underlying repository architecture
Frequency and Type of Repository Deposit Use
- Regular, intensifies during graduation season
- Self-Deposit
General Motivators / Goals
- Ensuring scholarly output of Emory schools / departments conforms with quality standards
- Assisting students in deposit
- Helping ensure appropriate departmental representation in repository
Key Deposit Tasks
- Evaluate ETD deposit in accordance with school policy
- Approve and assign embargo
- Provide access to deposit for additional reviewers
- Approve deposits for final ingest, pending graduation
- Reject deposits for remediation by depositor
- Attend workshops surrounding ETD deposit and provide support to self-depositors
Repository Content / Information Desired
- Student information
- Degree program information
- Workflow status information
Type of Material Deposited
- Textual information (PDF, MS Office formats)
- Still images, video, research data (from students) - regular and increasing
- Research data (from students) - infrequent, but increase expected. Sometimes accompanying publication, sometimes standalone
- Other/complex objects (from students) - rare, but increase expected
Library/Unit Interactions
- Academic Program Deposit Mediator may be affiliated with any school; typically interacts with Scholarly Communications Office for deposit