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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses. DART-Europe is endorsed by LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques
Européennes de Recherche), and it is the European Working Group of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD).</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">The DART-Europe partners help to provide researchers with a single European Portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), and they participate in advocacy to influence future
European e-theses developments. DART-Europe offers partners a European networking forum on ETD issues, and may provide the opportunity to submit collaborative funding applications to achieve DART-Europe's vision for ETDs.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">DART-Europe is resourced through partner contributions.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Partners support the following principles:</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">1.DART-Europe will encourage the creation, discovery and use of European e-theses, and will maintain a central Portal for e-thesis aggregation and access.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">2.European libraries and consortia are invited to contribute metadata to the DART-Europe Portal. Contributors will determine the terms and conditions under which their metadata are contributed.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">3.DART-Europe welcomes the contribution by partners of resources to support the management, discovery, usability and preservation of e-theses, and to further the aims and objectives of DART-Europe.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">4.Partners will designate one representative to act as a contact for DART-Europe, and will nominate at least one representative to participate in the DART-Europe email lists.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">5.DART-Europe welcomes offers from partners to host DART-Europe Project Board meetings, as occasion demands.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">6.Partners will help to secure DART-Europe's status as an international network of excellence in information, expertise and resources relating to ETDs.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">7.DART-Europe will be administered by UCL (University College London) and governed by a Board consisting of representatives of partner organisations. The constitution and Terms of Reference of the
governing Board will be determined and from time to time reviewed by the Board.</font></div>
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