Exploring ETD Embargo Policies: Survey Results and Practical Guidance for Repository Managers
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This poster will present the results of a survey conducted in summer 2024 of university institutional repositories' electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) policies, specifically regarding embargoes. The goal of the survey was to gather examples of policies in order to develop a resource for repository managers who are creating or updating their ETD policies. We developed and distributed a Qualtrics survey with questions for each institution regarding definition of ETDs, embargo availability, length of embargoes, extension options, and more. We asked institutions to submit links to their publicly available ETD policies or share their internal policies if they wished. The results of the survey will be presented along with the resulting policy resource. This poster will be of particular interest to repository managers who have ETD collections or are going to start an ETD collection in the future and would benefit from examples from other institutions.
Authors: Johnson, Emily, Barba, Shelley
Institutions: The University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas Tech University
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893434689
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