MCCP 7006 HKBU Library October 2014

Your Thesis & Open Access • HKBU is an Open

Access Institution for Research Post Graduates

• Theses are uploaded onto the Institutional Repository

Your Thesis & Open Access

• Time from your completion to upload to the IR (1-1 ½ years)

• You have an option to withhold full-text for an additional 1 year

Embargo option

The 1 year embargo is from the date the Library receives your thesis, not from your completion

Usually this extended amount of time is sufficient for journal publication…. If you have a patent application pending or other extraordinary circumstances, please contact the Library’s ETD coordinator: minihan@hkbu.edu.hk

Publication in ProQuest

Submission of HKBU theses to ProQuest takes even longer

You retain copyright, HKBU absorbs publishing cost & your work is visible in a known & respected repository! See the ProQuest FAQ for more information

Voluntary submission of your thesis with ProQuest

Publishing your thesis with ProQuest

• Non-exclusive (You retain copyright) • No fee, HKBU absorbs publishing cost • Your work will be visible in a world-renowned

repository for post-graduate research!

To submit your thesis for publication in ProQuest, you only need to sign

The rest of the form is voluntary info, or irrelevant to Hong Kong such as:

• Register address for royalty payments

• Submit payment for copyright (HKBU states you own copyright)

• Enter subject info to enhance searchibility

Most important: your submission to ProQuest is voluntary

If you do not wish to submit your work, merely omit your signature HKBU cannot submit your thesis to ProQuest without a signed agreement form