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Digitisation of Oxford D.Phils.

We have seen a very positive response to our call for DPhil authors wishing to have their thesis digitised. We would still like to hear from authors who have not yet contacted us and who would like to take advantage of this opportunity. 

It will take some time for us to go through the practical procedures of obtaining the theses, having them digitised, attaching the correct details and mounting them in ORA. We will contact authors with a persistent URL for the digital copy of their thesis in ORA later this year.

An invitation from Bodley's librarian

Theses in digital format are rapidly becoming ubiquitous, as scholars want to make their research widely available and easily find the work of others. Thanks to the generosity and vision of Dr Leonard Polonsky, the Bodleian Libraries are able to offer to digitise a number of Oxford D.Phil. theses. This opportunity enables us to add to the growing Oxford digital thesis collection, and should result in new citations to your work.

Because only a limited number of authors are able to take advantage of this opportunity, theses will be digitised on a first come first served basis. Digital copies will be made available online in ORA (Oxford University Research Archive, http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/).

ORA is the university's principal online collection of research outputs produced by Oxford scholars. It offers high visibility for Oxford research. Wherever possible, the full text of research is made freely available for easy online access. You can find out more about Oxford digital theses at www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ora/oxford_etheses

If you would like us to digitise your thesis and make it available in ORA, please reply to thesis-digitisation@bodleian.ox.ac.uk as soon as possible, having provided the information below:

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 * Your name (as it appears on your thesis):

 * The title of your thesis:

 * The year of your thesis:

 * If possible, the Bodleian shelfmark of your thesis on OLIS [eg MS.D.Phil. d.2804] (You may be able to find this at www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/):

  * An email (or postal) address where we can contact you. You will be informed if your thesis is included in this digitisation and the URL will be sent to this address:

 Also, please indicate your responses to the following questions:

 * Do you grant the Bodleian Libraries permission to digitise the print copy of your thesis and make the digital copy available online in ORA? YES/NO

 * I agree to be bound by the terms of the ORA Grant of Non-exclusive Licence [www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ora/deposit-in-ora/deposit-licence] and I warrant that to the best of my knowledge, making my thesis available on the internet will not infringe copyright or any other rights of any other person or party, nor contain defamatory material. I AGREE / I DISAGREE

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If you already have a digital copy of your thesis which you would like to deposit in ORA, please contact ORA@bodleian.ox.ac.uk . 

If you have already requested we digitise your thesis, there is no need to contact us again. We will be in touch once your thesis is in ORA.

Please send details for the digitisation of your thesis to: 

thesis-digitisation@bodleian.ox.ac.uk