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About EThOS The aim of EThOS is: To offer a 'single point of access' where researchers the world over can access ALL theses produced by UK Higher Education To support Higher Education Institutions through the transition from print to e-theses To help UK Higher Education Institutions expand available content by digitising paper theses To demonstrate the quality of UK research and help attract students and research investment into UK HE
Associate Member Level 1 - Open Access model include: No advance contribution Retrospective contribution made to the value of theses digitised Quarterly requests for retrospective contribution for theses digitised on-demand HEI commitment to supply original paper theses for scanning on demand The HEI may download theses originating from their institution for inclusion on their Institutional Repository Preservation via The British Library for theses stored on and offered via EThOS Additional digitisation projects as resources and capacity permit Usage statistics
71 Aberystwyth Theses have been requested 4 have not been sent for digitisation – 1 pending Earliest thesis is from 1959 Most recent from 2006
External Request Via EThOS To AU Inter- Library loans Issued out to Ethos 1 Sent to me Checked and verified Back to inter- library loans Sent to EThOS
EThOS to… Aberystwyth University
o Check the abstract so as to gain an over-view of the thesis o Check the second volume – huge amounts can be placed in appendices o Check the amount of quotes – if from a contemporary author/book i.e. written in last years o Check anything inflammatory – be aware – double check for work that contains personal details o Check whether it was the author who created the table/chart/list/graph/photo etc o Check source figures/references for calculations o Check area/field of study – if significant amount of old texts or manuscripts used o See things from a 3 rd party perspective – if maps fairly basic i.e. not hugely detailed, then probably fine – could they have got it from elsewhere?
Theses that would be fundamentally altered if… …containing interviews and no permissions – data protection issues …personal details …original music compositions …unreferenced clear images …quotes of complete poems …specific pages noted if not to be digitised
THE FUTURE?