「臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統」為教育部委託國家圖書館執行的專案計畫，回溯國內博碩士論文相關資料整理工作的投入，國家圖書館早在民國59年起即著手編印「中華民國博士碩士論文目錄」，自民國83年以來，國家圖書館正式接受教育部高教司之委託，執行「全國博碩士論文摘要建檔計畫」。86年9月提供Web版線上檢索系統，深受各界的好評與重視。民國87年9月在教育部的經費支援之下，順利開發完成「全國博碩士論文摘要檢索系統」。其後，更於同年12月於國家圖書館舉行「全國博碩士論文摘要線上建檔系統啟用典禮」，使國內之博碩士論文網路資訊服務正式邁向另一新的里程碑。民國89年2月於原有之「全國博碩士論文摘要線上建檔系統」當中，新增電子全文上傳與電子全文授權書線上印製之功能，進一步地整合既有之「全國博碩士論文資訊網」線上資料庫共建共享服務。
為了進一步提昇服務效能，國家圖書館除了在民國93年推出「全國博碩士論文資訊網」第二代系統之外，有鑑於近年來國內免費開放利用之學位論文電子全文授權率逐年下降，以及為配合各階段學術研究之需求，國家圖書館為提供讀者更優質的服務，基於歷年來所累積之成果與經驗進行檢討與改進，研擬深化知識服務之施政目標，積極規劃、設計與建置加值型學術研究支援功能，於民國98年12月起開發新一代的學位論文服務平台，並自民國99年6月10日起，進行新舊博碩士論文系統轉換。同時，為更符合本資料庫所收錄之資料係以臺灣各大學校院之博碩士論文為主，國家圖書館第三代學位論文系統亦正式更名為「臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統」。
The “National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan” is a special project of NCL designated by the Ministry of Education (MOE). In the past, progress on sorting through relevant materials on theses and dissertations in Taiwan, NCL published the “Bibliographies of Theses and Dissertation of the Republic of China” in 1970, and starting from 1994, NCL has been designated by the Department of Higher Education, MOE, to conduct the “Archive Project of Abstracts of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan.” In September 1997, the Web of the Document On-line Retrieval System was established and won wide acclaim from wide-ranging fields. In September 1998, with the financial support of the MOE, NCL developed the “Retrieval System of Theses and Dissertations Abstracts in Taiwan”, and in December of the same year, the system’s opening ceremony was held, marking a milestone of the on-line information services of theses and dissertations in Taiwan. In February 2000, the functions of uploading completed electronic theses and dissertations and on-line printing of the authorized complete electronic theses and dissertations were added to the system. This further integrated the co-building and sharing services of on-line databases of the existing “Information Network of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan.”
To further increase the service efficiency of the Library, a second-generation system of the “Information Network of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan” was established in 2004. In view of the fact that the authorization percentage of theses and dissertations which can be accessed free of charge has been decreasing through the years, NCL conducted a review of the cumulative results and experiences and developed a new service platform of electronic theses and dissertations to convert the old system to the new one which could enhance the Library’s knowledge services with the value-added research support system. The new system officially began its operations in December of 2009. Moreover, in order to ensure that the collected materials would consist primarily of the theses and dissertations of colleges and universities in Taiwan to match the database, the third generation of the system of theses and dissertations was renamed as the “National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan (NDLTD-Taiwan).”
