Why am I sometimes asked to pay for digitisation of a thesis?
Digitisation of a thesis is a costly process involving significant manual effort. The majority of institutions participating in EThOS have agreed to pay for digitisation of their theses in support of the Open Access initiative i.e. information should be free at the point of use. However, some institutions may not have the budget to fund the digitisation. You will be asked to fund digitisation of theses from these institutions. Once a thesis is digitised it is available for free download thereafter. EThOS is operated by The British Library on a not-for-profit basis and charges are set to cover costs only.
