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* Theses uploaded on iskwiki have greater accessibility and potentially wider audience. | * Theses uploaded on iskwiki have greater accessibility and potentially wider audience than those just kept in cabinets. | ||
* 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 | * Knowledge building is a cumulative, iterative process. Scholars can build on what's already been done on a topic, and making a thesis available on iskwiki supports that process. | ||
* [http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html greater citation impact] | * [http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html greater citation impact] | ||
* If you're supported by public funds (say, your tuition is subsidized by taxes), shouldn't at least part of your work be publicly available? | * If you're supported by public funds (say, your tuition is subsidized by taxes), 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 | * Your thesis can be part of baseline information on research activities in your department or college. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 06:31, 3 November 2011
- Theses uploaded on iskwiki have greater accessibility and potentially wider audience than those just kept in cabinets.
- Knowledge building is a cumulative, iterative process. Scholars can build on what's already been done on a topic, and making a thesis available on iskwiki supports that process.
- greater citation impact
- If you're supported by public funds (say, your tuition is subsidized by taxes), 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). See also this
- "Theses For All." Harvard Crimson, 10 April 2008. See also Harvard Thesis Repository
- Theses Canada