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* if you're supported by public funds, shouldn't at least part of your work be publicly available? | * if you're supported by public funds, shouldn't at least part of your work be publicly available? | ||
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- Theses uploaded on iskwiki have greater accessibility and potentially wider audience.
- Knowledge building is a cumulative process. Scholars can build on what's already been done on a topic, and making a thesis available on iskwiki helps that process.
- greater citation impact
- if you're supported by public funds, shouldn't at least part of your work be publicly available?
- your thesis can be part of baseline information on research activities in your department or college
References
- DSpace@MIT
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society (2008) "Harvard goes Open Access" (13 Feb 2008)
- "Theses For All." Harvard Crimson, 10 April 2008. See also Harvard Thesis Repository
- Theses Canada