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Dear ARLIS/NA colleagues, I'm the Subject Librarian for Art & Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and I am working with our Graduate School of Art to have our MFA written theses (usually 20-40 pages) and related files added to our institutional repository, Open Scholarship<http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/>. As I prepare to meet with the faculty, I would like to gather the experience of a few selected institutions. I've already contacted a few institutions, but would like to now hear from more of you. If you could answer any of the following questions I would be very appreciative. I'm happy to summarize the responses. * How, and in what format (print, online) are MFA theses archived at your institution? If archived online, please answer the following questions: * Does the school require MFA thesis (written or exhibition files) to be deposited into your library's institutional (or commercial) repository? If no, is there much participation? * What, if any, concerns do the students or faculty have with the thesis or related files being available online (plagiarism, others copying works)? * How are concerns with online theses addressed (for example, digital watermarking of image files)? * What type of restrictions or embargo, if any, are usually recommended or selected? Thanks so much, Jenny Jennifer Akins Subject Librarian for Art & Architecture Kemper Museum Building, ground floor Washington University in St. Louis p: 314-935-4377 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [cid:[log in to unmask]]<http://www.facebook.com/kranzbergartarchlibrary> Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library<http://library.wustl.edu/units/artarch/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~