How does EThOS deal with embargo periods on theses?
Embargo periods for individual theses are specified at the awarding Institution. EThOS deals with theses which have embargoes in one of two ways: • Non supply of Theses : Individual institutions can choose not to supply the thesis until the embargo period is over. There is no mandate on submitting theses to EThOS! Institutions need only supply the theses they wish to supply. So if a thesis contains sensitive information which authors do not wish to disclose then the theses should not be submitted until the author is comfortable in doing so. • Each record on EThOS may contain an embargo date and reason – Institutions that expose metadata about an embargoed thesis will need to complete the date of (and if appropriate, the reason for) the embargo and then the service will not harvest the thesis metadata and any associated bitstreams until the embargo has been lifted. • Where a thesis is only partially embargoed, EThOS will harvest the record and any available bitstreams.
