PSNC Digital Libraries Team

This week the PIONIER Network Digital Libraries Federation (PIONIER DLF) has submitted to the DART-Europe data about another Polish e-theses and dissertations (ETDs) – the number increased by more than 700 publications, reaching a total value of 1 102. This is the credit of 5 new digital libraries that have decided to pass on information about their ETDs .

Presently 11 digital libraries are transferring their data through the PIONIER DLF to the DART-Europe portal:

1. ABC Kraków
2. Biblioteka Cyfrowa Katedry Lingwistyki Formalnej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
3. Biblioteka Cyfrowa UMCS
4. Dolnośląska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
5. Księgozbiór Wirtualny Federacji Bibliotek Kościelnych FIDES
6. Podkarpacka Biblioteka Cyfrowa
7. Podlaska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
8. Śląska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
9. Wielkopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
10. Zachodniopomorska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
11. Zielonogórska Biblioteka Cyfrowe

These libraries give access to Polish ETDs from 26 universities and 2 scientific institutes.

We would like to thank digital libraries listed above for successful cooperation in dissemination of Polish scientific work and also encourage more libraries to join this group.

On January 20, 2010 PSNC became the official partner of the DART-Europe project. The aim of this project is to facilitate in the access and use of European e-theses and dissertations. This aim is realized by the aggregation of the metadata of such works available on-line and by allowing to access and search in the aggregated information via a dedicated portal.

At the moment this portal gives access to about 122 000 of full-text research thesis from 208 universities localized in 16 European countries.

Data from Poland is delivered to the DART-Europe Portal via the PIONIER Network Digital Libraries Federation. In the beginning of January 2010 information about over 250 e-theses from 13 universities were transferred by this way. All institutions interested in cooperation with DART-Europe via the Federation are asked to contact us! Access to the DART-Europe portal and the data transfer to the portal via the Federation is free of charge.