What are the key features of the participation options?
The key features are as follows: * Open to all UK HEIs * All harvested e-theses (*see note) or those digitised as a result of a digitisation project are supplied Open Access with no cost to the institution or the researcher * Theses are digitised once and are made available on-line and Open Access to all who wish to access them from then on. * Any thesis digitised by EThOS will be available for download by the originating institution and load to their own repository. * Metadata and e-theses (*see note) can be harvested from the HEI Repository or loaded manually using the Web Service. * The HEI chooses its participation option (see options above). * Preservation in perpetuity is offered by The British Library for those theses stored on and offered via EThOS * The option to sponsor additional digitisation projects to meet local HEI priorities. * The option to switch between schemes should circumstances change e.g. if the budget for Open Access runs out and no further funding is available
