1. Depositing your Thesis or Dissertation to the Library
Presentation by Joshua C. Stone
Office of Scholarly Communication
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2. Depositing your Thesis: A Graduation Requirement
According to the Graduate School Catalogue, all masters theses and doctoral dissertations are to be deposited to the Library
Why?
Preservation and promotion
How?
Online through the Digital Liberty University

3. Digital Commons @ Liberty University
LU’s institutional repository
Place for disseminating, storing and preserving the research output of the LU community
Online
Free

4. When do I deposit my thesis or dissertation?
After defense
After final changes
After committee approval

5. How do I deposit my thesis or dissertation?

6. How do I deposit my thesis or dissertation?

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9. Steps to Deposit your Thesis
Fill out a digital ETD Deposit Form
Gives LU one-time use permission
Option of 1 year embargo
Go to (on the instructions page) and complete step-by-step process

11. Things to Know Select Traditional Publishing
Don’t have ProQuest register a copyright (it’s just more money)
Don’t use their bindery
Use thesisondemand.com
Deposit is now free
All of this is on the instructions page

12. I’ve deposited my thesis/dissertation. What next?
Wait for confirmation from Library
This will have a link to your thesis on the Digital Commons
Forward this to your committee chair
You are done!

13. Questions? scholarlycommunication@liberty.edu Demoss 2211
“Contact Administrator” on the Digital Commons homepage