From: "Wagstaff, D John" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 14:18:41 +0000 I'm new to this list, so please excuse me if the following topic has already been extensively discussed here. I have a slightly different problem from the one dealt with below -- which is, that our School of Music wishes access to DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) theses and dissertations that are completed at this institution and deposited in our institutional online repository to be restricted to UIUC members only. I"m slightly uncomfortable about this on the basis that as I understand it the student writing the dissertation/thesis can choose to distribute it as widely, or as narrowly, as they themselves see fit; and often they *want* prospective employers to be able to click on a link and be able to see their work, which clearly wouldn't be possible under the scenario I've noted above. Has anyone else had similar experience? Anything to share, please? John John Wagstaff Head, Music & Performing Arts Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Music Urbana IL61801 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ________________________________________ From: David Stern <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 08:59:13 -0500 I have written a recent article on student embargo issues which addresses such considerations. The article calls for training whenever there are faculty/student interactions that might generate embargo conditions. "Student Embargoes Within Institutional Repositories: Faculty Early Transparency Concerns." Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 2 (2): eP1080 (9 pages) (March 2014); http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/vol2/iss2/6/ Any comments would be appreciated. David [log in to unmask]