Mapping the UK thesis landscape: Phase 1 project report for Unlocking Thesis Data

Grace, Stephen, Whitton, Michael, Gould, Sara and Kotarski, Rachael (2015) Mapping the UK thesis landscape: Phase 1 project report for Unlocking Thesis Data University of East London (doi:10.15123/PUB.4307).

Record type: Monograph (Project Report)

Abstract

This report details the work of the first phase (April-July 2015) of Unlocking Thesis Data, where the project carried out a survey of EThOS institutions, interviewed staff at six universities for more in-depth case studies, and synthesised the findings. Overall, there is much appetite for applying DOIs to theses and their data (which includes datasets, software components and other non-textual supplementary files) and ORCiDs to research students. Glasgow, Southampton and East London universities each minted a DOI for an existing thesis, demonstrating the viability of our intent, but the case studies showed there are constraints in both processes and technologies to be addressed before...

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