Should PhD Students Embargo Their Dissertations? - Daily Nous

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Summary:

"Most universities offer PhD students the option to embargo their dissertations, usually for up to two years. During the embargo, access to the official dissertation is restricted. Its content is not placed online, and if someone wanted to read it, they would likely have to go to the library of the university at which the degree was earned and view the hard copy while there. A graduate student in English, AJ Gold, recently asked on Twitter whether or not to embargo her dissertation, and I thought it would be worth putting the question to Daily Nous readers. Why embargo? One reason is to keep one’s publishing options open. Some people worry that publishers won’t be interested in publishing articles and books whose primary content is already accessible to its prospective customers. This concern was voiced in a statement put out by the American Historical Association several years ago arguing that students be permitted to embargo their dissertations for up to six years..."

Link:

http://dailynous.com/2018/07/25/should-phd-embargo-dissertations/

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oa.new oa.students oa.ecr oa.embargoes oa.etds oa.authors oa.publishing oa.scholcomm oa.books

Date tagged:

07/28/2018, 16:03

Date published:

07/28/2018, 12:03