How will EThOS affect our Inter-Library Loan arrangements for theses?
EThOS will replace the current microfilm- and print-based service at the British Library. This will have the following implications: A) Outloans and related supply All enquiries and requests that BL receives for access to theses at your institution will be re-routed via EThOS. If the full text of the thesis is not already available, your nominated EThOS contact (which may or may not be the same as your ILL/Document Supply contact) will then receive a request to supply it for digitisation via EThOS. Details of this supply arrangement are given in the Memorandum of Understanding. There will no longer be any voucher system applied to these transactions. Depending on you institution’s membership status with EThOS (see Participation Options), the thesis will either count as part of your digitisation quota, or the digitisation costs will need to be charged to your institution or to the requester. If in exceptional circumstances you cannot supply that particular thesis to EThOS, you must let
