ETD 2008 – Spreading the Light
ETDs in Latin America:
an overview
ETD 2008 – Spreading the Light
Ana Pavani
Laboratório de Automação de Museus, Bibliotecas
Digitais e Arquivos
Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
[email protected]
http://www.maxwell.lambda.ele.puc-rio.br/
Latin America in
the world
Countries with ETD
programs
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
Venezuela
Peru
Countries with ETD
consortia
Brazil:
Cooperating institutions – 77
Metadata records – 68K+
Non-cooperating institutions – 3
Metadata records – 6K+
Chile:
Cooperating institutions – 8(*)
Metadata records – 6K+
(*) 2 institutions are in the planning stage
Peru:
Cooperating institutions – 9(*)
Metadata records – 1,500+
(*) 4 institutions are in the planning stage
Countries with ETD
independent
programs
Argentina:
Institutions – 5(*)
Metadata records –  200
(*) 2 institutions are in the planning stage
Colombia:
Institutions – 1
Metadata records –  75
Data is incomplete!
Mexico:
Institutions – 5
Metadata records – 5,500+
Data is incomplete!
Venezuela
Institutions – 14(*)
Metadata records –  3K+
(*) 9 institutions are in the planning stage
Data is incomplete!
Technologies
Cybertesis
DSpace
ETD-db
Html pages
Nou-Rau
Institutional
solutions
TEDE
Technologies developed by:
Cybertesis –
DSpace –
ETD-db –
Nou-Rau –
TEDE –
Map in slide 4 is a colored version of a mapamundi from
IBGE – Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia
e Estatística
http://www.ibge.gov.br/