Submitting a Thesis in DSpace

Thesis students, in consultation with their faculty advisors, should submit an electronic version of their thesis to DSpace by following the steps below.

Step One: Fill out an Honors Thesis Copyright & Distribution Permission Form with your advisor

Students should print and complete an honors thesis permission form. Your signature and that of your faculty advisor are required. [Word doc or PDF file]

Submit the form to Mason Brown or any other librarian (see step 5 below).

Step Two: Convert your images to .tiff or .jpg format

Follow these instructions for help in digitizing and converting your images

Step Three: Determine if you have permission to use your images

If you have created the images yourself, you should be alright to publish on DSpace, but if you are using someone else's images that you don't have copyright permission to use, check out our Re/Using Images page to learn more about your options.

Talk to your advisor for clarification as to which images you can safely use.

Step Four: Provide an abstract/summary of your thesis

If your thesis already has an abstract, skip this step. Otherwise, please write a 2 or 3 sentence summary of your thesis, and include it in an e-mail along with your thesis.

Step Five: Turn in your signed and completed permission form to Mason Brown or any other librarian in the Library by Monday, May 11, the day of the thesis parade.

Step Six: E-mail a digital copy of your thesis to Mason Brown by Monday, May 11, the day of the thesis parade

Send a digital copy of your thesis to Mason Brown by Monday, May 11, the day of the thesis parade, with any images you don't have permission to use in a separate file, and with your abstract/summary in the body of the e-mail.

Honors thesis submissions from the Class of '07 may be seen at http://dspace.nitle.org/handle/10090/693

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