Comments on: My Thesis Finally Available on ProQuest http://www.openbuddha.com/2008/07/20/my-thesis-finally-available-on-proquest/ Open Source Buddhism Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:21:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Goodwin http://www.openbuddha.com/2008/07/20/my-thesis-finally-available-on-proquest/comment-page-1/#comment-447299 Mike Goodwin Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:06:50 +0000 http://www.arcanology.com/?p=2303#comment-447299 Congratulations on the wonderful MA thesis! I hope to find time to read it soon. Wow, really neat! I did my MA thesis on the work of Michel Foucault, not as interesting by a half as the Order og the Golden dawn. I like your blog too. Wow! Mike Goodwin (Canadian in Texas:) Congratulations on the wonderful MA thesis! I hope to find time to read it soon. Wow, really neat! I did my MA thesis on the work of Michel Foucault, not as interesting by a half as the Order og the Golden dawn. I like your blog too. Wow!

Mike Goodwin (Canadian in Texas:)

]]> By: Yewtree http://www.openbuddha.com/2008/07/20/my-thesis-finally-available-on-proquest/comment-page-1/#comment-323291 Yewtree Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:25:01 +0000 http://www.arcanology.com/?p=2303#comment-323291 Nice one, Al - that's dedication to open-access! And Congratulations. Nice one, Al – that’s dedication to open-access!

And Congratulations.

]]> By: Al http://www.openbuddha.com/2008/07/20/my-thesis-finally-available-on-proquest/comment-page-1/#comment-322381 Al Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:17:37 +0000 http://www.arcanology.com/?p=2303#comment-322381 Hi Bodhibird. Yes, I had to pay. It was simply part of the ProQuest forms. When I turned my Master's thesis in after final committee approval, it went two places. One copy went to the school library for permanent archiving and another copy was sent to UMI/ProQuest. The paperwork for ProQuest basically defaulted to "Pay us X dollars for archiving your thesis" as a standard fee and they also registered my copyright for the thesis. The fee for this was $65. ProQuest had additional options with this, such as ProQuest providing bound copies for personal use (which I used lulu.com for instead). On this form, there was a checkbox for making the electronic copies of the thesis available from their index for free but I had to pay for this. Otherwise, people have to pay them for <em>any</em> access to my thesis. As I recall, the justification was that they have to host the file and make it available on their site. This is officially called "Open Access" by ProQuest, as opposed to the term "Traditional Publishing." This is an additional $95 fee on top of the $65 for archiving and copyright registration. I mentioned this <a href="http://www.arcanology.com/2007/12/12/final-academic-paperwork-done/" rel="nofollow">last December</a> when I was doing the paperwork. Hi Bodhibird.

Yes, I had to pay. It was simply part of the ProQuest forms. When I turned my Master’s thesis in after final committee approval, it went two places. One copy went to the school library for permanent archiving and another copy was sent to UMI/ProQuest. The paperwork for ProQuest basically defaulted to “Pay us X dollars for archiving your thesis” as a standard fee and they also registered my copyright for the thesis. The fee for this was $65.

ProQuest had additional options with this, such as ProQuest providing bound copies for personal use (which I used lulu.com for instead). On this form, there was a checkbox for making the electronic copies of the thesis available from their index for free but I had to pay for this. Otherwise, people have to pay them for any access to my thesis. As I recall, the justification was that they have to host the file and make it available on their site. This is officially called “Open Access” by ProQuest, as opposed to the term “Traditional Publishing.” This is an additional $95 fee on top of the $65 for archiving and copyright registration.

I mentioned this last December when I was doing the paperwork.

]]> By: Bodhibird http://www.openbuddha.com/2008/07/20/my-thesis-finally-available-on-proquest/comment-page-1/#comment-322145 Bodhibird Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:43:53 +0000 http://www.arcanology.com/?p=2303#comment-322145 A paper on the Golden Dawn? I am so there! As a librarian, I'm interested that *you* had to pay PQ to make it available for free. Can you tell me more about that? A paper on the Golden Dawn? I am so there!

As a librarian, I’m interested that *you* had to pay PQ to make it available for free. Can you tell me more about that?

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