1. Theses Alive! John MacColl Project Director University of Edinburgh

3. Project Structure Origins: JISC pass-the-parcel Funded for 2 years (Nov 2002-Oct 2004) Edinburgh –Project Director –System Developer –Project Officer + Pilot partners (Leeds, MMU, Cambridge, Nottingham, ?)

4. Software Development Product evaluation –Virginia Tech ETD-DB –Eprints.org –DSpace (new release imminent!)

5. ETD Submission System for the UK Communication between postgraduate students and their supervisors Submission Defence Release –Permissions (abstract only?) –Domain restrictions –Metadata

6. Metadata UK-ETD Document Type Definition Record for OPAC Record for local theses database British Thesis Service Index to Theses

7. Advocacy & Support Web site FAQs Group of pilot partners Dissemination to postgraduate students, academic staff and graduate school administrators Cluster and sub-cluster partners ETD-2003, Berlin

8. www.thesesalive.ac.uk