Hi Mitchell:

At Berkeley, the Graduate Division requires that *"All manuscripts must be
submitted electronically in a traditional PDF format"* for both
dissertations <https://grad.berkeley.edu/academic-progress/dissertation/>
and theses <https://grad.berkeley.edu/academic-progress/thesis/>.

Tim


On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 11:29 AM Mitchell C. Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Good morning,
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> At Irvine the library works with Graduate Division on the review and
> author submission of Ph.D. and Masters theses/dissertations to ProQuest as
> part of the Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations.
>
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> A question came out during discussions about workflow about print
> submissions.  The figures I have are a few years old but in ten years of
> data I have for our campus OA dissertation policies prior to 2020 there
> were only 5 or 6 printed dissertations submitted to Special Collections for
> cataloging.  As a result of the small numbers, Irvine is looking to remove
> the option for print submission.  In the discussion there was speculation
> that submitting only print would be a way to “hide” the dissertation and
> limit access.  The UCI  Dean of Graduate division is responsible for the
> policy about what may be granted longer embargo or how the author can
> comply with university policy for preservation archiving.
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> What are your local practices for print submission of theses or
> dissertations?  Irvine deposits masters theses if submitted by the author.
> Some masters programs do not require theses.
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> With thanks,
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>
>
> Mitchell
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