Hi Na Lin,
Proquest metadata is in the Marc-21 format, right? Or does it already allow
exporting in some other intermediate format?
In any case, technically it shouldn't be a problem, with the correct XSL
transformations.
I found out that Shawn Averkamp and Joanna Lee at the university of Iowa
Libraries took a stab at this (http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/1647 ),
for use of the data in a Bepress repository.
Apart from the mapping, they experience some field specific challenges (all
caps title fields, date formats, ...).
In DSpace 1.6 or higher, you can get the metadata added if you can get it
into a spreadsheet (comma separated value) format. So if you find other
tools that go from Proquest data, to CSV, that might also get you there.
Hope this helps!
Bram Luyten
@mire
Technologielaan 9 - 3001 Heverlee - Belgium
2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 305 - Carlsbad, CA 92010 - USA
atmire.com - Institutional Repository Solutions
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Lin, Na <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Has anyone done anything to import, or to automate the process to get, the
> dissertation data transferred from ProQuest? We are setting up an ftp op
> with ProQuest to receive dissertations and their metadata, and are hoping to
> get the metadata imported into Dspace directly with proper mapping. Would
> appreciate it if you would share the experience and the how-tos.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Na Lin
> U of Maryland Baltimore
> Baltimore, MD 21201
> 410-706-6986
>
>
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