[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: accessibility of theses



We collect master's projects and theses in the Archives. The library refuses
to catalog them, but we maintain a database of them and provide a listing on
our web page. They do not circulate, and we only allow them to be copied in
their entirety with the author's permission.

I would rather the Archives didn't handle these items, but a good side
effect of their presence here is that a large number of students visit to
view them, which raises our visibility on campus.

Thomas J. Wood
Archivist
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield IL 62794-9243
217-206-6520 | wood@uis.edu | http://www.uis.edu/~lib-arch


-----Original Message-----
From: Wilma R. Slaight [mailto:wslaight@WELLESLEY.EDU]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:36 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: accessibility of theses


A faculty member at Wellesley has raised questions about the availability
of undergraduate honors theses.

Our practice is to have them in the Archives. We have a brief
bibliographic record for each thesis in the Library's online catalog.
Recently we agreed to produce a circulating copy, if someone wishes to
borrow a thesis.

We have been asked to ascertain what the practice is at other colleges and
universities.

1.  Do you keep undergraduate theses in the Archives?

2.  Do you catalog them?  And where does this catalog record appear?

3.  Do you circulate theses?

I appreciate any information you can provide.

Wilma

Wilma R. Slaight
Wellesley College Archives
Margaret Clapp Library
Wellesley MA 02481
wslaight@firstclass.wellesley.edu
phone:  781 283-2128
FAX:  781 283-3796

A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List!

To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu
      In body of message:  SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname
                    *or*:  UNSUB ARCHIVES
To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu

Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at
     http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html

Problems?  Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu>

A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List!

To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to listserv@listserv.muohio.edu
      In body of message:  SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname
                    *or*:  UNSUB ARCHIVES
To post a message, send e-mail to archives@listserv.muohio.edu

Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at
     http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html

Problems?  Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu>