The EThOS service was developed with funding from JISC, CURL (now RLUK) and the partners including The British Library and several UK Higher Education institutions led by Glasgow and Imperial. The aim of EThOS is to make UK theses (e and paper based) available via a 'one-stop-shop' by harvesting e-theses from Institutional Repositories and digitising paper theses on-demand from researchers. Once a thesis is digitised it is available for immediate free download in perpetuity and subsequently anywhere in the world direct to the researchers desktop. The goals of the service are:- To demonstrate the quality of UK research and help attract students and research investment into UK HE by making UK doctoral theses discoverable and openly available online. To offer a 'single point of access' where researchers the world over can access ALL theses produced by UK Higher Education via an Open Access model. To support Higher Education Institutions through the transition from print to e-theses

Ethos Service Manager

The EThOS service was developed with funding from JISC, CURL (now RLUK) and the partners including The British Library and several UK Higher Education institutions led by Glasgow and Imperial. The aim of EThOS is to make UK theses (e and paper based) available via a 'one-stop-shop' by harvesting e-theses from Institutional Repositories and digitising paper theses on-demand from researchers. Once a thesis is digitised it is available for immediate free download in perpetuity and subsequently anywhere in the world direct to the researchers desktop.

The goals of the service are:-

To demonstrate the quality of UK research and help attract students and research investment into UK HE by making UK doctoral theses discoverable and openly available online.

To offer a 'single point of access' where researchers the world over can access ALL theses produced by UK Higher Education via an Open Access model.

To support Higher Education Institutions through the transition from print to e-theses

Project Staff

Andy Appleyard
Head of Document Supply & Customer Services
The British Library
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Summary
Start date
1 February 2011
End date
1 February 2012
Funding programme
Information Environment Programme 2009-11
Lead institutions

The British Library