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D I V I S I O N O F T E C H N O L O G Y , I N F O R M A T I O N A N D L E A R N I N G S U P P O R TD I V I S I O N O F T E C H N O L O G Y , I N F O R M A T I O N A N D L E A R N I N G S U P P O R T

Publishing your digital thesis via QUT ePrints

Contact:

Paula Callan ([email protected])

eResearch Access Coordinator

QUT Library

Stephanie BradburyResearch Support [email protected] Library



• Since 2004, all PhD and Masters by Research candidates are required to submit print and digital copies of their theses.

• Print version is held in the Library

• Digital version is made available (full-text) via QUT ePrints

QUT Policy:

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/



Digital Theses in QUT ePrints



http://eprints.qut.edu.au/41494/

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/41494/



National Library Portal - Trove

http://trove.nla.gov.au

http://trove.nla.gov.au/



Once it is in QUT ePrints, your thesis will also be found via other search services



Copyright implications….

• When your digital thesis is placed online, you are communicating it to the public (an act reserved for copyright owners).

• If your thesis contains any material owned by a third party (i.e not you), placing this material online is a copyright infringement – unless permission has been granted.– Figures & tables– Images– Articles written by the thesis author but copyright has been

assigned to a publisher



Copyright implications….

• When you submit your ‘Final’ thesis, you will be asked to sign a form saying that the digital version does not include any copyright material for which you have not arranged permission.

• If you have not been able to arrange the necessary permissions, please remove the material from your digital version before final submission.



Requesting permissions

• Model permission request letter is available for you to customise

• Keep responses• Attach copies to your final

submission form

http://www.tils.qut.edu.au/copyrightguide/documents/ADT_copyright_owner_request.doc

http://www.tils.qut.edu.au/copyrightguide/documents/ADT_copyright_owner_request.doc



For more information ……• “Requirements for Presenting

Theses” booklet available online

• Includes information about third party copyright materials and the need for proof of permission

http://www.research.qut.edu.au/downloads/StudentCenter/present_rqts.pdf



Embargoes & Exemptions

• It is possible to request an embargo period for your digital thesis (generally no longer than 2 years)

• Must be approved by the faculty before final submission• In some cases, a permanent embargo is possible (needs

to be justified)• Creative works (eg novels) can be exempted (but

exegesis must be made available online). Add comment to final submission form if exemption has been approved.



Solicitations from ‘Print on Demand’ publishers

• Recently, some commercial journal publishers have been experimenting with ‘author-side’ fees as an option for providing open access while maintaining current profit levels.

• New technology makes it possible to print paper-back books in minutes from digital text files.




• These developments have given rise to a new ‘business opportunity’ – print on demand publishing.

• Authors ‘gift’ their text to the publisher in exchange for a couple of free copies. The publisher then owns the work and is free to sell it to make a profit.

• Some eg VDM Verlag and Icfai Press have been approaching authors of PhD theses that available online.




• Warning: Read the small print of the contract.

• If the publisher owns the copyright, you will not be able to re-use your own work without their permission.

• At the very least, you must assert the right to retain a copy of the digital version of your thesis in QUT ePrints.

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