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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.<br />
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.<br />
Sincere,<br />
Prof.Wajih A Alvi<br />
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Open access to electronic theses soon to be commonplace<br />
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The report shows there are a number of reasons why researchers may not<br />
make their theses available electronically, but the principal reason may<br />
be the inclusion of sensitive material. <br />
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Concerns regarding third-party copyright, plagiarism and restrictions on<br />
future publications are having little impact on access so far. <br />
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My PhD thesis (1984) was available on line soon after it was finished. In<br />
1986 an applicant for admission to graduate studies at Rice University,<br />
where I was at the time, submitted a paper that plagiarized in<br />
substantial part a chapter of my thesis. So this does happen.<br />
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John Collier<br />
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