TY  - JOUR
N1  - http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april06/sale/04sale.html
ID  - epprod267
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/april2006-sale
IS  - 4
A1  - Sale, AHJ
Y1  - 2006/04//
N2  - This paper analyzes the data now available in Australia's coordinated Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) gateway to show the impact of high-level institutional policy decisions on population of the individual repositories. The paper shows that just like research article repositories, voluntary ETD deposition results in repositories collecting less than 12% of the available theses, whereas mandatory policies are well accepted and cause deposit rates to rise towards 100%. Modeling of the PhD and Master process in Australia is also carried out to indicate the delays and liabilities to be expected if mandatory policies are applied only to newly enrolled candidates.
PB  - Corporation For National Research Initiatives
JF  - D-Lib Magazine
VL  - 12
KW  - ETDs
KW  -  electronic theses
KW  -  mandatory policies
KW  -  ADT
KW  -  Australia
TI  - The impact of mandatory policies on ETD acquisition
AV  - public
ER  -