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And this is exactly why we need open access... Regards, Morgan Leigh PhD Candidate School of Sociology and Social Work University of Tasmania On 10/12/2010 10:30 PM, Peter McCormack wrote: > Daniel > Ethos works in the main by the host institution paying a subscription. > Requests for digitization of theses are then defrayed from this sum, > currently at a max of £42. > Ethos has been very successful and member institutions frequently 'run > out' of money before the end of the subscription year. This may have > happened in the case of the institutions who have the material you > requested. In other words they may not have withdrawn and may renew > subs next year. > Also, as I understand you or your affiliated institution can also pay > for the digitization. > Peter > > > On 9 December 2010 14:51, Daniel Harms <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > I just received a notification from the British Library's EThOS > thesis digitization effort that two of my requests could not be > fulfilled because institutions had withdrawn from the program. Does > anyone have any more insight into this? > > Thanks, > > Dan Harms > Instructional Services Librarian and Bibliographer > SUNY Cortland Memorial Library > P. O. Box 2000 > Cortland, NY 13045 > (607) 753-4042 > > > > > -- > Peter McCormack > Sub-Librarian (Head of Technical Services) > SOAS Library Tech. Services Dept., > Thornhaugh Street > Russell Square > London WC1H 0XG --