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The UK Thesis Digitisation Project hoped to digitise 5335 theses to ‘kick-start’ the EThOS system i.e. make content available on Day 1. Following competitive tender, that figure was increased to c.11,300 theses involving supply from over 90 UK Higher Education Institutions.
The most ‘popular’ UK Theses supplied by The British Library over the recent past were selected so that the theses of most interest to researchers are made available.
The theses have been digitised to exactly the same standards as the on-going digitisation, and the pdfs generated have been made available for return to the originating institution.
Thanks to the very generous funding by JISC, the only cost to a UK Higher Education Institution participating in the UK Thesis Digitisation Project was the transport cost of getting the theses to The British Library in Boston Spa, near Wetherby in Yorkshire. All digitisation costs and return transport were provided by the project. Participating institutions (as well as the EThOS system) got a very good deal from this project!
A contact email address for this project has been established so if you have any queries whatsoever, please contact us at uktheses@bl.uk. Carol or James will respond to your emails.
Thanks
A quick word of thanks to all of you involved with this project at the many institutions participating. With your help we were able to ensure the smooth flow of theses.
And, once again, we must mention the generous funding of the project by the JISC.
Anthony Troman (Project Manager)
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