How will electronic theses and dissertations be archived and maintained over time?
Dissertations (whether submitted in electronic or hard-copy format) will continue to be archived and maintained in electronic and microfilm format by ProQuest (formerly known as UMI/Bell & Howell). Theses will be put on microfilm by Compucom. In addition, both theses and dissertations submitted in electronic format will be archived and maintained on a University Library System server. ULS is committed to regular updating of archived electronic documents to ensure they continue to be accessible to future technologies and uses an open architecture for file types and structures so that they can be more easily migrated to future file types.
