Online access to academic resources: a focus on recent thinking on postgraduate theses in the UK

Contents

• Online access to academic resources: a focus on recent thinking onpostgraduate theses in the UK
• University Theses Online Group (UTOG)
• Survey on the use of doctoral theses in British universities
• Survey on the use of doctoral theses in British universities
• Who uses theses?
• How do researchers learn of a thesis’ existence
• How are theses published?
• initial UTOG strategy
• ‘virtual’ library for UK higher education
• four basic verbs for electronic library
• envisaging theses in the electronic library
• thesis as digital information object
• a possible architecture for a local theses access service
• Identifiers + Locators, Formats & Protocols
• thesis as a special information object
• Issues for the academic community
• Issues for the academic community - Tradition
• Issues for the academic community - future proofing
• What do we need to do to succeed?
• issues for UK higher education & electronic library