In addition to full details of how your institution can participate, the interactive Toolkit provides practical information on how theses can be produced by students at your Institution so they can be accessed via EThOS and from your Institutional Repository. Accessed from its new location the toolkit provides guidance on:
Putting forward the case for the importance of electronic theses (Culture Change)
Outlining the business case including information on which participation options suit (Business Needs)
Clear standards provided on technical requirements (Technical Requirements)
Practical materials and templates to be used for authors and supervisors in contributing to EThOS (Training and Guidance)
Update (7/1/08). Also see JISC's press release encouraging universities to familiarize themselves with the toolkit.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 6/13/2008 01:13:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.