DOME COLLECTIONS

Institute Archives & Special Collections

COLLECTION

Theses

Content

Over 110,000 Ph.D and Masters theses (also some Bachelors)

Size

110,000 theses of  which 90,000 theses remain to be digitzed.  Approx. 20,000 exist in digital form in DSpace@MIT.  All theses submitted since 2004 (approx. 1500/yr) have been scanned (superceding microfilming)

Age

1870s-2005

Source

Stored at HD

Rights

Most MIT owned; some author owned

Anticipated Audience

faculty, staff, DLCs, greater research community

Benefits

On-line access to some of MIT's most important research

Format Risk

minimal

Format

Most likely scan from original bound paper theses rather than microfiche (this is current Doc. Services practice); handwritten prior to early 1900s

Metadata

Almost all theses have been cataloged and records exist in Barton; will need to edit records and provide technical metadata

Funding

?

Other Comments

Will need to figure out link to current scanning practices and procedures.  How will link to current PETE (E-theses project)

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