zPublishing your Thesis @ HKBU Brian

 

 

• HKBU is an Open Access institution - This means that the full-text of your thesis will be available worldwide. You can delay this for up to one year [after the Library receives your work]--exceptions can be granted for patents or other extraordinary circumstances

 

• submission to ProQuest - The multi-page release form to ProQuest, a large database of post-graduate works based in the United States, is voluntary. Submission of your thesis to ProQuest is free and greatly increases exposure of your research.

 

• Availability of your thesis does not mean publishers will not accept your submissions for journal or book publication--Most publishers do not consider theses "prior publication." Many post-doc candidates or advisors are cautious about making a thesis too widely available, as a precaution against denial of publication in a journal or monograph.

 

Numerous surveys of journal publishers and university presses show that manuscripts derived from Open Access Electronic Dissertations & Theses are usually encouraged (Howard 2012, Ramirez et al, 2013)

 

Additional surveys of academic publishers reveal that because significant revision is required of material derived from theses, such submissions are rarely considered "prior publications" (Dalton & Seamans, 2004)

 

 

 

 

Howard, Jennifer.  "Putting Dissertation Online Isn't an Obstacle to Print Publication, Surveys Find." Chronicle of Higher Education (Dec 12, 2012) http://chronicle.com/article/Putting-Dissertation-Online/136275/

 

Ramirez, M. L., Dalton, J. T., McMillan, G., Read, M., & Seamans, N. H. (2013). Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities? Findings from a 2011 Survey of Academic Publishers. College & Research Libraries, 74(4), 368–380. http://dx.doi/10.5860/crl-356

 

Dalton, J., & Seamans, N. (2004). Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Two Surveys of Editors and Publishers. In E. A. Fox (Ed.), Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Sourcebook for Educators, Students and Librarians (pp. 247–266). New York: Marcel Dekker.