Are all MIT theses available in DSpace?
No. MIT’s DSpace contains only about 10,000 theses. They were scanned on demand as they were requested by MIT users, outside users, or institutions. Beginning with the February 2004 degree period, all new theses have been scanned by Document Services rather than microfilmed. All scanned theses – whether graduate or undergraduate – will appear in DSpace after thesis processing is complete. In the case of bachelor theses, it should be noted that very few have been put online to date. Paper copies of theses will be preserved by the Archives and continue to be the official MIT copies of record. A small number of theses have been transferred to the Libraries in electronic format (Adobe PDF) by thesis authors at the time of their graduation. Only theses submitted in this electronic format will retain original color images and active links.
