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Leveraging the ETD as a pathway to broader discussions about openness in a university
The document outlines a university workshop facilitated by Dr. Danny Kingsley on the importance of sharing theses and the various issues involved, such as patents, copyrights, and plagiarism. Key topics include managing sensitivity in content, publication implications for open access, and the potential risks and benefits associated with sharing data. Additionally, it provides resources and links for accessing aggregated thesis collections and discusses licensing considerations.
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- 1. Leveraging the ETDas a pathway to broader discussions about openness in a university Workshop facilitated by Dr Danny Kingsley ETD2021 (Dubai) 15 November 2021
- 3. Today Why share theses? Issue1 – Patents Issue 2 – Third Party Copyright Issue 3 – Potential sensitivities Issue 4 – Plagiarism Issue 5 – Potential future publication Issue 6 – Sharing associated data Issue 7 – Choosing a license Managing theses How this can help you to work with supervisors
- 4. Sharing theses increasesuse https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/9604
- 5. Aggregated theses collections https://oatd.org/ OATDcurrently indexes 5,967,519 theses and dissertations.
- 6. Aggregated theses collections 11,564,139hits - all thesis types https://www.base-search.net/Search/Advanced
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- 9. Issue 1 - Patents Image: DannyKingsley
- 10. Issue 2 – Thirdparty copyright Image: Danny Kingsley
- 11. Third party copyright– what is it? • Including items in a work that have copyright attached to them • Images • Graphs • Large amount of text • It is possible to gain permission to include third party copyright but: • There might be a cost • It can take some time • You must include your documentation
- 12. Thesis containing artworkimages https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/7452/10/02whole-Sanders.pdf
- 13. Thesis containing imagesfrom children’s books https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/267984 This file is restricted but can be requested
- 14. Scanned theses –where no permission yet https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/265320
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- 16. Think about risks •What sort of risks can you think of? • Put them into the chat function • Let’s evaluate the risk
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- 18. Annexed material https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/211968 This fileis restricted but can be requested The body of the thesis is open
- 19. Issue 4 – Plagiarism (perceivedrisk) Image: Danny Kingsley
- 20. Actually, making athesis OA helps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD6CcFxRelY
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- 22. Publication implications • Studentsare often worried that making their thesis OA means they won’t be able to publish • Don’t panic. Publishers generally don’t prohibit the making of a thesis OA
- 23. Publishers vary onthis question https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/open-access-books/green-open- access-policy-for-books
- 24. Remember a thesisis not a book https://www.chronicle.com/article/its-a-dissertation-not-a-book/
- 25. 2011 survey ofpublishers https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/11338 “This data and the open-ended comments from the survey respondents indicate support for open access to ETDs."
- 26. Mostly it isOK - but check https://libraryblog.graduateinstitute.ch/2020/10/21/why-shouldnt-your-phd-thesis-be- accessible-to-everyone/
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- 29. Thesis - fromROADS
- 30. Issue 7 - Whatlicense to put on the thesis? Image: Danny Kingsley
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- 32. How do you makethese decisions? Image: Danny Kingsley
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- 35. Thank you! Dr DannyKingsley danny.kingsley@flinders.edu.au @dannykay68