Dear Members, FYI. Please go through the forwarded mail. Regards, S M Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai ============================= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Smith, Ina Date: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:33 PM See article in *College and Research Libraries* at http://crl.acrl.org/content/74/4/368.full.pdf+html General page with useful info: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/copyright/cprtetd.html The above was kindly shared by Gail McMillan (Virginia Tech). Thank you Gail! Also: An increasing number of higher education institutions worldwide are requiring submission of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) by graduate students and are subsequently providing open access to these works in online repositories. Faculty advisors and graduate students are concerned that *such unfettered access to their work could diminish future publishing opportunities*. This study investigated social sciences, arts, and humanities journal editors’ and university press directors’ attitudes toward ETDs. The findings indicate that manuscripts that are *revisions of openly accessible ETDs are always welcome* for submission or considered on a case-by-case basis by 82.8 percent of journal editors and 53.7 percent of university press directors polled. http://crl.acrl.org/content/74/4/368.full.pdf+html *Ina Smith* E-Research Repository Manager (SUNScholar) | Stellenbosch University | Private Bag X5036, 7599 | South Africa *SUNScholar http://scholar.sun.ac.za/* | *SUNJournalshttp://library.sun.ac.za/English/services/az/oa/Pages/sunjournals.aspx * | *SUNConferenceshttp://library.sun.ac.za/Afrikaans/services/az/oa/Pages/sunconferences.aspx * | E-mail: *ismith@sun.ac.za** *|* * Tel: +27 21 808 9139 | *Skype: smith.ina** *| Office hours: Mo-Fr: 08h00-16h30 ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.