1. UCC Electronic Theses Pilot Project Dean of Graduate Studies – Prof Alan Kelly Graduate Studies Office – Helen Buckley UCC Library – Breeda Herlihy, Crónán Ó Doibhlin

2. Why electronic theses? Increase dissemination and impact of your research – Retrievable through internet searches – Harvested by e-thesis aggregators Increase accessibility within UCC & externally Useful for online CVs, visibility to employers, research profile Common practice nationally & internationally

3. UCC Hard bound theses consulted in Boole Library 2008 - 2009

5. Top 10 downloaded items from CORA since 1 June 2010 2 PhD Theses

8. Full Text Theses Available Registered UsersDownloaded Jan 2009 5,0001,0002,000 Jul 2009 18,00017,50057,000 Jan 2010 26,00034,000119,000 Jul 2010 36,00051,000196,000 Jan 2011 44,00065,000260,000

9. E-theses pilot project Purpose to establish the best submission process and identify any issues PhD candidates from all academic units can submit E-theses will be stored in CORA – the UCC institutional repository http://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/1 http://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/1 CORA is harvested by RIAN, the Irish National Open Access Portal and DART-Europe E-theses portalRIANDART-Europe

10. How to submit e-thesis Currently … Submit to the Graduate Studies Office when submitting hard bound thesis E-thesis Submission Form E-thesis on a CD/DVD/USB key Hard bound thesis

11. E-thesis submission form E-thesis Submission Form completed by student and supervisor – Information required for indexing thesis in CORA Contact information Keywords Funder – Deposit Licence Warranties – Embargo Request (Optional) Restrict access to full thesis or part of thesis where you might be seeking publication or commercialization

12. How to submit an e-thesis Within the next 6 months… Electronic submission via the CORA interface All PhD students will complete a web form in place of an e-thesis submission form and library deposit form All PhD students will submit their abstract through CORA rather than on CD/DVD/Memory Stick Students participating in e-thesis pilot project can upload e-thesis Hard bound thesis submitted to Graduate Studies Office

13. Interested? If you would like to participate, discuss with your supervisor and register your interest with cora@ucc.ie cora@ucc.ie Documentation can be downloaded from Graduate Studies website http://www.ucc.ie/en/graduatestudies/current/t hesis/ or requested from cora@ucc.ie http://www.ucc.ie/en/graduatestudies/current/t hesis/cora@ucc.ie Further information on E-theses http://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=503 http://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=503