Ethos

Objective

To produce viable and sustainable business plans for the running of the service and for a post-project programme of retrospective digitisation

The Work Package will develop and recommend a viable and sustainable business model (including, if deemed appropriate, recommendations on fund-raising initiatives) taking into account that the service:

will be run on a cost-recovery basis
will need to be underpinned by a programme of retrospective digitisation to ensure critical mass.
It will also explore the possibility of delivering a free-at-the-point-of-use policy (as long as it is compatible with a & b). External financial expertise may be called upon.

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EThOS is:

Improving research theses access to those who need it

Improving post graduate research knowledge transfer to students

Creating a one stop electronic shop for all UK Theses

Promoting UK Higher Education post graduate research to the world

Contributing to the global knowledge pool

Work Package 7 - Development of business models (service and digitisation) for long-term sustainability

Objective