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THE BRITISH LIBRARY

EThOS – OVER 250,000 ONLINE TEXTS

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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

o Check the abstract so as to gain an over-view of the thesiso Check the second volume – huge amounts can be placed in

appendiceso Check the amount of quotes – if from a contemporary

author/book i.e. written in last 20-30 yearso Check anything inflammatory – be aware – double check for

work that contains personal detailso Check whether it was the author who created the

table/chart/list/graph/photo etc o Check source figures/references for calculationso Check area/field of study – if significant amount of old texts or

manuscripts usedo See things from a 3rd 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?

Gregynog 2009