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 In other words they may not have withdrawn and may renew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 fulfilled because institutions had withdrawn from the program.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
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> Peter McCormack
> Sub-Librarian (Head of Technical Services)
> SOAS Library Tech. Services Dept.,
> Thornhaugh Street
> Russell Square
> London WC1H 0XG
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