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scope: A "best practice" guide for use by technical services staff who create or edit records pertaining to theses and dissertations. submitted by: Kate Bowers (kate_bowers@harvard.edu), Beth Iseminger (biseming@fas.harvard.edu), Karen Nipps, June Rutkowski (rutkowsk@fas.harvard.edu), Summer Unsinn (summer_unsinn@radcliffe.harvard.edu), Karen Young (karen_young@gse.harvard.edu), Isabel Quintana, co-chair (quintana@fas.harvard.edu), Thomas Ma, co-chair (tma@law.harvard.edu). maintained by: Metadata Standards Working Group |
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This document covers both published and unpublished theses. It does not cover revisions, adaptations, or theses that are published commercially after they are submitted. Please note that DASH does is not consider itself considered a publisher. Therefore, theses deposited in DASH are considered unpublished.
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008/24 content= “m” (theses) (if code is available, depending on format)
Example: 008 080829e201303^^xx^m^^^^^bm^^^000^0^eng^d
This example is for a thesis dated March 2013.
Thesis author
100 1_ |a Name, |e relationship designator.
Example: 100 1_ |a Gallogly-Swan, Katie Louise, |e author.
ORCID
If the ORCID for the thesis author is known, the link should be placed in subfield 1 of the 100 field, with an added 500 note.
Example:
100 1_ $a Burkhauser, Mary. $1 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-7269
500 __ $a Author's ORCID: 0000-0001-9142-7269.
The cataloger may optionally include ORCIDs for committee members in MARC 700 fields. 500 notes are not necessary for this use.
Example: 700 1_ $a Oja, Carol, $d 1953- $e degree supervisor. $1 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5802-0587
Publication information (for published theses)
264 _1 |a Place of publication : |b Publisher, |c Date of publication.
Example: 264 _1 |a Stockholm : |b Stockholm University, |c 2014.
(optionally may add) 264 _4 |c ©2014
Date of production (for unpublished theses)
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502 |b Degree |c Institution |d date
Example: 502 __ |b Ph. D. |c Harvard University |d 2014.
Unformatted
Optionally add a 2nd unformatted 502 if you want to add a term, or further information about the degree or the institution.
Example: 502 __ |a Thesis (Masters of Architecture in Urban Design)--Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2014.
Genre Heading
Prefer LCGFT terms:
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700 1 |a Name, |e relationship designator.
Example: 700 1_ |a Smith, John, |e degree supervisor.
700 1_ |a Smith, John, |e degree committee member.
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Please see note under ORCID.
degree committee member: A person serving on a committee that supervises a student's thesis or dissertation.
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710 2 |a Institution. |b Subordinate body (if available) |t term defined by the community. [Thesis, Third Year Paper, etc.]
Example: 710 2_ |a Harvard University, |e degree granting institution.
710 2_ |a Harvard University. |b Department of Anthropology. |t Senior honors theses.
Item Material Type
Please note: The Item Material Type for theses and dissertations should reflect the carrier type (Book, CD-ROM, Sound Recording (CD), etc.). The Metadata Standards Working Group does NOT recommend the use of the "Thesis" Item Material Type for these items, since it does not relate to carrier information and may be confusing.
For Harvard Theses and Dissertations: use of access points for particular local programs or schools varies; please follow local practice.
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