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Objective
To prepare and pilot a template of advocacy measures that will support
users in persuading their institution to accept digital submission of
theses and to participate in the EThOS; to disseminate
information about the EThOS to appropriate target groups within Higher
Education Institutions to achieve an awareness of the EThOS as a service; to
disseminate information about the EThOS project to relevant groups.
The activities will include:
- Literature review on use of advocacy in cognate areas - e.g.,
e-theses, e-prints, e-journals to inform development of the advocacy
template through identification of successful and less successful
methods and models
- Identification of institutional and human processes involved in
progressing from a pre- to a fully implemented e-theses environment and
culture
- Mapping of possible institutional scenarios on the continuum from a
pre- to a fully implemented e-theses environment and culture
- Mapping of stakeholder groups to be covered by the advocacy and
dissemination work package
- Interviews with stakeholder groups – e.g., administrators (and in
particular with the AHUA), academics, research students – in
institutions with e-theses systems and in ones without, to: (a) elicit
perceptions on e-theses and the EThOS; (b) identify positive and negative
selling points for inclusion in the template
- Production of first version of template, dissemination to project
partners and other appropriate groups for review, and revision as
necessary
- Design and production of publicity material: advocacy messages;
institutional requirements to set up e-theses; the EThOS material; scenarios
demonstrating the benefits of a successfully implemented service
- Piloting of template in selected institutions
- Review of template pilot, with revision as necessary
- Build template into Work Package 6, start-up toolkit
- Publicity and promotion of template
- Conference / seminar
presentations
- Providing input for relevant areas of project web site
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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 |
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