Keywords: ETD, ETDs, born-digital, born digital, electronic, academic theses, dissertations
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This Best Practice The Metadata Standards Working Group recommends the following procedures for individually cataloging electronic theses and dissertations. This best practice should be used in conjunction with Cataloging Theses and Dissertations: Best Practices.
Please note that the following instructions relate to E-theses and dissertations that are cataloged individually. The cataloger should be aware that the majority of theses will continue to be batch processed , and will thus not adhere to these best practicesrecommendations. See in particular the note below relating to MARC 21 field 720.
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LDR/06 MAT TYPE = “a” ,“c”, "e", etc. or… (language material, notated music, cartographic material, etc.)
Please note that even though Harvard considers student-submitted theses to be unpublished, the material type should reflect the status of the piece in hand; manuscript or typescript codes should only be used for hand-written, hand-typed, or hand-drawn materials.
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006/09=”d” (document) (for example)
Other Other 006/09 type of computer file values are documented in the 008 MARC documentation https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd008c.html
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Please note that Harvard considers all student-submitted theses to be unpublished, regardless of format.
Example:
264 #0 $c 2022.
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300 ## $a 1 online resource [extent]) : $b [illustrations] [NO No $c]
Example:
300 ## $a 1 online resource (vii, 76 pages) : $b music.illustrations
33x
Examples:
336 ## $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
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Digital file characteristics (RDA 3.19). Used to encode file characteristics and size (some of this information was formerly in 300 and 516). Required if known.
Examples:
Textual thesis saved as PDF
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Please note that batch processing of theses and dissertation result dissertations results in otherwise controlled names being placed in the uncontrolled 720 field. This field should not be used for individually cataloged items.
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Please consult as appropriate: Best Practices for NET Holdings for Locally Digitized Materials
Example: 856
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40 $$u http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:38613258 $$z Provides access to page images of entire work