The Conundrum of Senior Thesis. USETDA 2023.
Channel: USETDA
Date: 2023-09-30

The Conundrum of Senior Thesis in the Library’s Open Access Institutional Repository. Jennifer Beamer and Ken Cotich (Claremont Colleges Library).

Abstract. Scholarship@Claremont (S@C) is the official institutional repository for the Claremont Colleges Consortium (a group of seven library arts colleges in Southern California) and is managed by The Claremont Colleges Library. For more than ten years, library staff has been assisting Seniors with posting their undergraduate theses as a part of the ETD program, and they are some of the most downloaded items numbering in the 300,000-plus range. These are accessible via Open access and on the Campuses only. This poster will share some challenges in hosting and posting workflows for students, policies, and procedures for library staff and our campus partners. We will also share our pre-deposit support to students and faculty through education and advocacy. Finally, we would like to share and discuss pathways for moving forward with Senior Thesis.

USETDA 2023 Conference. United States Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association.

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