Mandatory open access publishing for electronic theses and dissertations: Ethics and enthusiasm
| Published | January 2013 |
| Type of work | Special Issue on Open Access |
| Journal | The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 39, Issue 1 (January 2013), Pages 32 - 60 |
| Editors | Kaspar, Wendi Arant and vanDuinkerken, Wyoma |
ABSTRACT
This article argues against policies that require students to submit theses and dissertations to electronic institutional repositories. The article counters a variety of arguments often used to justify this practice. In addition, the article reports on the results of an examination of electronic thesis and dissertation policies at more than 150 university libraries and graduate schools, offering a system of criteria and scoring for ranking these policies according to their respect for student copyright and intellectual property.| Keywords | ETDs · ethics · institutional repositories · intellectual property · open access |
| ISSN | 991333 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.12.003 |
| URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133313000025 |
| Other information | The Journal of Academic Librarianship |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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