Procedure for ETD Transfer, Conversion, and Load into CONTENTdm
Programs needed:
- Notices from Proquest that files are available.
- Filezilla.
- Proquest FTP login info.
- ETD Directory on hard drive with pdf and xml subdirectories.
- 7-Zip.
- Adobe Acrobat Standard.
- Microsoft Excel.
- CONTENTdm Project Client.
Procedure:
- Use 7-Zip to remove any old content from your ETD folder and it's PDF and XML sub-folders (Windows Explorer will not allow you to select and delete multiple zip files at the same time, but 7-Zip will do this). Open 7-Zip. Find the ETD folder. Highlight everything you want to remove by holding down the shift key while clicking the first and last files you want highlighted. Click delete.