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DIGITIZING, MICROFILMING, SALES TO THE PUBLIC AND PLACEMENT
IN THE LIBRARIES
The dissertation must be made available to the scholarly
public. The dissertation is not written merely to satisfy a degree requirement
but also to advance knowledge and understanding. The Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences advises the author not to restrict availability unless a
publishing agreement is imminent.
Anyone affiliated with Columbia
or any other institution that subscribes to Digital Dissertations may download
the full text of any Columbia
dissertation published since 1997 (a 24-page downloadable preview is available
to the public regardless of affiliation.) The Digital Dissertations database
also contains citations for dissertations published 1872-1996; abstracts are
included for dissertations published 1980-1996.
The dissertation will also be listed in Dissertation Abstracts International
and Comprehensive Dissertation Index, two other resources published (on paper)
by ProQuest although Columbia
does not subscribe to them. The Columbia community may access Digital
Dissertations on Library Web:
After ProQuest makes a digital master, the company is
legally required to send a copy to the Library of Congress, where it is kept
either in its main collection or at the Copyright Office (housed at the
Library) if the dissertation is being officially listed there, see Copyrighting
the Thesis.
ProQuest Information and Learning returns the second copy to
Columbia to be
bound, catalogued and placed in the Butler Library Rare Book Columbiana
collection. It will be available as a non-circulating copy approximately six to
ten months after the degree is conferred.
Among the forms required at the deposit are pages 3 and 4 of
the ProQuest “Publishing your Dissertation” booklet, where the author must
choose the Public Availability of his or her Dissertation. This form, together with the extra title page and
abstract, is sent to ProQuest by the Dissertation Office along with the dissertation. Online availability
of the dissertation through ProQuest can take 4 to 8 months from the degree
conferral.
ProQuest sells softcover and hardcover books and microfiche
copies of the dissertation. The author discount order form may be
submitted at the time of the deposit. ProQuest ships personal copies to only
one address per order form. The order is generally processed for shipment about
4 to 8 months from the degree conferral date. To check on the progress of the
order, contact ProQuest directly at (800) 521-0600, extension 2146. The
applicable tax rate on the ProQuest order is the rate of the state to which the
ordered material is sent. ProQuest will accept money orders, personal checks
and credit cards for purchase of personal copies.
Copies are available to the general public at approximately
the time that the abstract appears in the ProQuest Digital Dissertations
database, except where the author placed restrictions.
The Public Availability of the Dissertations form addresses
the following questions: To what extent, if any, should ProQuest limit the sale
of copies of the dissertation to the public? To what extent, if any, should the
dissertation be withheld? There are several choices and they are explained in
detail in the ProQuest “Publishing your Dissertation” booklet.
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Open Access Publishing *
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Traditional Publishing *
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The dissertation title and author name can be discovered
through major search engines such as Google Scholar as well as at ProQuest.com
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Can be discovered through ProQuest database
search, a service which is subscribed to by more than 3000 libraries worldwide.
The title can also be discovered through Google Scholar
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Dissertation is accessible to the public and can be
downloaded from ProQuest.com by anyone at no cost. ProQuest may also sell the
dissertation in digital & other formats
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Accessible only through subscription to ProQuest
database, where dissertation can be viewed and downloaded for free by
subscribers. Non-subscribers can view the first 24 pages and purchase the
dissertation as a PDF file, or in book and other formats
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Author not eligible for royalties
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Royalties paid to author if conditions are met
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Columbia University Dissertation
Deposit Fee: $255
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Columbia University Dissertation
Deposit Fee: $160
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*detailed information on the publishing options can be found in the ProQuest
“Publishing your Dissertation” booklet.
No Search Engine Access: The dissertation cannot be discovered
through search engines such as Google when searching by keywords/metadata.
Third Party Sales: No longer applicable since ProQuest discontinued
third party sales.
Embargo: Sales Restrict and Withhold of the dissertation. The
body of the dissertation is withheld from view and the dissertation is not sold
for a certain amount of time. This restriction may be lifted, or extended, by
writing to ProQuest directly. The title and abstract are made available online.
Placing an Embargo on the Publication of the Dissertation
In some cases when a publishing agreement is imminent, the
author may choose to place an embargo on the publication of the dissertation
for six months, one, or two years. The embargo may be lifted, or extended, by
writing to ProQuest directly (see the ProQuest Publishing your Dissertation
booklet for sample letters.) The Dissertation Office forwards one copy of the
dissertation to ProQuest for storage until the embargo period has expired. Note
that the abstract will be included in the company’s on-line and paper
publications a number of months after the degree conferral. Upon the expiration
of the embargo period, ProQuest will produce a digital master and will publish
the dissertation according to the author’s choices on the Public Availability of the Dissertation form.
The other copy of the dissertation is kept with the Graduate
School and is available to readers only with the written permission of the
author. Readers may view embargoed dissertations only in the Dissertation
Office and no photocopying of any part of the dissertation is allowed. Once the
embargo period expires this copy of the dissertation will be bound and sent to
the appropriate Columbia Library.
When placing an embargo on the publication of the
dissertation, the author should submit at the deposit both page 3 and 4 of the Public
Availability of the Dissertation form as well as the Embargo form.
ProQuest’s address is:
ProQuest
Information and Learning
300 North Zeeb
Road, P.O. Box 1346
Ann Arbor,
MI 48106-1346
Attn.: Manuscripts Division
Tel.: (800) 521-0600
http://www.proquest.com/
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