From: Gail Clement <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:34:57 +0000
Dear Colleagues,

A new posting to the 'Free US ETD's' blog provides graphics
representing the incomplete coverage of American research
dissertations in the PQDT database.  Accompanying commentary explores
the effect on that coverage of US graduate schools eliminating
required submission to the database.

" When Georgia Tech recently reconsidered its ETD publishing strategy
by shifting to a ProQuest optional policy, a persistent concern among
campus ETD stakeholders was what negative impact the University might
see if their dissertations were no longer found in the ProQuest
database. This proved to be an unfounded concern...."

The posting is available at http://bit.ly/15c0l8J.  As always,
comments, criticisms and additional data are always welcome on the
FUSE blog!

Best regards,

Gail P. Clement
Scholarly Communications Librarian & Associate Professor
Digital Services and Scholarly Communication
University Libraries
Texas A&M University
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