[BOAI] Re: Survey into electronic theses - open access soon to be commonplace

[Wajih Alvi]

OA to theses/dissertation is a welcome measure, no doubt. But there is need and scope to undertake provision of these materials through a national grid. Digital archiving and access need a lot of infrastructure, monitoring and commitment. Individual institutions can not afford  it.
Plagiarism is a menace. It ows its growth to commercialization of education, quantitative expansion of education and lack of academic honesty and devotion among some teaching fraternity. Our education system is ailing on sevedral fronts. Unless we take up some remedial measures with sincerity, plagiarism will continue to be there.
Sincere,
Prof.Wajih A Alvi
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:59:30 +0530  wrote
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At 05:47 PM 2012/02/22, you wrote:


[Forwarding from Nicola Yeeles. 




Open access to electronic theses soon to be commonplace






The report shows there are a number of reasons why researchers may not
make their theses available electronically, but the principal reason may
be the inclusion of sensitive material. 




Concerns regarding third-party copyright, plagiarism and restrictions on
future publications are having little impact on access so far. 



My PhD thesis (1984) was available on line soon after it was finished. In
1986 an applicant for admission to graduate studies at Rice University,
where I was at the time, submitted a paper that plagiarized in
substantial part a chapter of my thesis. So this does happen.


John Collier




    

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Prof. Wajih A. Alvi
Islamic University of Science & Technology
Awantipora, Pulwama, Kashmir (J&K)
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