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, > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > With thanks, > > > > Mitchell > > > > *Mitchell C. Brown, MLIS * > > Scholarly Communications Coordinator > > Research Librarian for Chemistry, Earth System Science, and Russian Studies > > University of California Irvine Libraries <http://www.lib.uci.edu/> > > 230 Science Library > > P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-9557 > > ZOT Code 8200-40 [image: iD_15x15] 0000-0002-3366-1281 > <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3366-1281> > > Schedule appointments: http://spaces.lib.uci.edu/appointments/dss > > Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 949-824-9732 > > > > > -- Timothy Vollmer Scholarly Communication & Copyright Librarian University of California, Berkeley Doe Library, 189 Annex Berkeley, CA 94720 [log in to unmask] Pronouns: he/him