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Dear Les I'd like to extend my thanks to you for highlighting the excellent work the BURO Team have made to ensure that all our PhD theses are available open access. So glad that you enjoyed a great day in Bournemouth with your son. Yours is a great idea. With best wishes Emma ------Original Message------ From: Jean Harris To: 'Leslie Carr' Cc: Emma Crowley Subject: RE: new repository use case - the graduation ceremony Sent: 12 Nov 2012 09:06 Dear Les May I pass on your idea for the poster to our Graduation team please? Best wishes Jean Harris BURO Adminstrator and Academic Support Librarian Student & Academic Services The Sir Michael Cobham Library Bournemouth University Fern Barrow Poole BH12 5BB Tel: +44 (0)1202 968232 e-mail: [log in to unmask] web site: Library and Learning Support -----Original Message----- From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leslie Carr Sent: 11 November 2012 17:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: new repository use case - the graduation ceremony I was attending my son's graduation ceremony at Bournemouth University on Friday. While waiting for his turn, the title of a graduating student's PhD thesis was read out. It caught my attention (it was about TV production on Dr Who) and so i slipped put my iPhone, googled the student's surname, a word from the title and the name of the university and found the thesis available in the Bournemouth Institutional Repository (first result). I was able to download and start skimreading the PDF before the student had returned to his seat . It was a genuinely exciting experience - it felt like I had arrived in the future! This is a repository use case that I had never thought of, and everything just worked. Congratulations to Bournemouth's repository team on the hard work they have put in to making the experience join up. Also, congrats to Andrew Ireland on a really interesting thesis! http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/20444/ -- Les Carr PS Universities really should consider letting graduation audiences see some of the really impressive work that their students have done. An onstage projection of a poster from their final dissertation while they walk across the stage? BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages [ http://www.disabledgo.com/en/org/bournemouth-university ] This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2