Theses and Dissertations Digital Library: Ten years of Open Access and Open Archives in Brazil

Abstract

Open Access and Open Archives are approaches for scienti c information dissemination that can be supported by di erent software platforms. These platforms need to be integrated if a repositories federation is desired. However this integration deals with di erent metadata schemes that need to be normalized and integrated in order to allow information systems to share data. The Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations is an example of integration such systems and it is presented in this paper. Its underlying system's architecture is described, as well as the type of documents stored, the amount of participant repositories along time and its geographical distribution. Finally, the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations is shown as an example of integration of Brazilian scholar production in federated repositories.