From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 12:55:22 +0000

At my institution we require deposit of theses and dissertations, but we
allow authors to put an embargo on public access if they wish. To deny
them that option would seem to me like a pretty fundamental breach of
academic freedom.

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Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections
Marriott Library, University of Utah
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On 9/30/14, 5:30 PM, "LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>From: Laura Czerniewicz <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:08:37 +0000
>
>Thanks for a very useful list which I enjoy following. I now need to
>get a sense from others. Our university Council recently passed an
>open access mandate which inter alia requires theses and dissertations
>for be deposited before graduation. Two of the faculties have
>requested that the metadata be put up but there be a two year embargo
>to allow time for publishing. What are the pros and cons of doing this
>in others¹ experiences? What reasons might one give in argument either
>way?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Laura
>
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>UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN