Creating some sort of digital repository for dissertations in our field would seem to be in order.

Sincerely,

Dan
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And, of course, they have stopped providing theses on Inter Library Loan for quite some time now. How I'm expected to buy 504 (and rising) theses, I really don't know!!

Best wishes
Alan Pritchard MPhil FCLIP
Tel: +44 (0)1202 417477


On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:42 AM, kaostar <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

jeez

"We plan to reduce our current £19m acquisitions spend by around £4m. Most of this will be achieved by reducing expenditure on duplicate and low use journals"

precisely the kind of materials that us lot use for our research. Ow

Dave E


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