I was just looking back at previous posts regarding new EThOS service - due
to go live 14th October (I believe) <http://www.ethos.ac.uk/> - and
couldn't find any responses to the post below regarding what participation
level other Universities are signing up to.
At Sussex, we have signed up to Associate level 1 where we are contracted
to supply paper theses selected on-demand by researchers using the system
and the cost model essentially, pay-as-you-go. It would be useful to get an
idea of the level of participation in EThOS as users are still likely to
come through ILL services if they cannot find the thesis they need on EThOS.
I know turn-around-times for digitisation are expected to be fast, but it
would still be useful to know whether any Libraries will allow interlibrary
loan of their hard copy theses if it is not yet digitised or not available
through EThos.
I am happy to summarise responses to the list,
thanks
Annette
Annette Moore
Library Resources Supervisor
--On 05 August 2008 12:07 +0100 Jane Bramley <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Dear All,
> I wonder if you could help me. Here at Loughborough we are still
> looking into the EThOS service which as I understand it is going to
> replace the existing British Library thesis service. I believe that as a
> Library we need to sign up to the EThOS service and we have a choice of 4
> different participation options. The options are;
>
> We can pay a figure of between £8,000 to £2,000 up front (amount is based
> on JISC banding) We can pay retrospectively for our theses to be
> digitised, so we pay £35 for every request we receive for one of our
> theses We can refuse to pay and the first person to request the thesis
> has to pay the £35 digitisation cost We can provide a link to the thesis
> that we already hold electronically in a institutional repositary
>
> Can I ask if other University Libraries have signed up to EThOS yet and
> what participation model you have opted for.
>
> Thank you for any information you can provide.
>
> Regards
> Jane
>
> Jane Bramley
> Inter Library Loans
> Loughborough University Library
> Tel
Annette Moore
Library Resources Supervisor
University of Sussex Library
University of Sussex
Brighton
BN1 9QL
Tel: 01273 877046
Email: [log in to unmask]
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