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* [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, 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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* [http://dspace.mit.edu/ DSpace@MIT] | * [http://dspace.mit.edu/ DSpace@MIT] | ||
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* [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2008/4/10/theses-for-all-theses-are-labors/ "Theses For All." Harvard Crimson, 10 April 2008]. See also [http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/thesis/repo/ Harvard Thesis Repository] | * [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2008/4/10/theses-for-all-theses-are-labors/ "Theses For All." Harvard Crimson, 10 April 2008]. See also [http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/thesis/repo/ Harvard Thesis Repository] | ||
* [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html Theses Canada] | * [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html Theses Canada] | ||
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* [[Licensing theses under the Creative Commons]] | |||
Revision as of 23:39, 6 October 2011
- 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?
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