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Riding the Restriction Wave at the University of North Texas

Riding the Restriction Wave at the University of North Texas. Comparing IR and ProQuest Embargoes, 2000 to 2012. Jill Kleister, UNT Daniel Alemneh, UNT Dan Short, ProQuest USETDA 2013 Waves of Change, Oceans of Opportunity Claremont, CA July 24-26, 2013. Food for thought.

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Riding the Restriction Wave at the University of North Texas

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  1. Riding the Restriction Wave at the University of North Texas Comparing IR and ProQuest Embargoes, 2000 to 2012 Jill Kleister, UNT Daniel Alemneh, UNT Dan Short, ProQuest USETDA 2013 Waves of Change, Oceans of Opportunity Claremont, CA July 24-26, 2013

  2. Food for thought • “Low hanging fruit” “Mandatory Open Access Publishing for Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Ethics and Enthusiasm.” Hawkins, Kimball, & Ives (2013), Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39(1), 32–60. • “OA Kool-Aid” “Equanimity toward Open Access ETDs: An initial response to ‘Closing the Deal’ by Hawkins, Kimball and Ives.” Clement (19 Feb 2013), Free US ETDs (FUSE) blog. • “The beef” “What’s the beef with ETD embargoes?” Clement (26 Mar 2013), Free US ETDs (FUSE) blog.

  3. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

  4. UNT Embargo Policies • Inception to 2006 • At student discretion; no justification required • No expiration • 2007 to 2010 • All requests approved by Graduate School Dean, on case-by-case basis • 2010 to present • Authority rests with major professor • 5 year limit • One time 2-year extension at discretion of student

  5. UNT Embargoed ETDsTop 5 Subjects 2000-2006 2007-2012 • Soft Sciences • Education • Hard Sciences • Engineering • Music • English • Hard Sciences • History • Soft Sciences • Engineering

  6. ProQuest Embargo Policies • Embargoes of all kinds always allowed but burden on the student to initiate discussion • 1997: Ability to embargo electronic versions (vs. print/microfiche) added to database; burden on the student to initiate discussion • 2007: Restriction options placed on agreement form, as check boxes

  7. Student choice/Available on formTop 5 Subjects UNT 2000-2006 ProQuest 2007-2012 • Soft Sciences • Education • Hard Sciences • Engineering • Music • Hard Sciences • History • Education • Soft Sciences • Engineering

  8. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test • “Low hanging fruit” • “OA Kool-Aid” • “The beef”

  9. Future Trips • Further analysis of existing data • Add nationality data • Have embargoed ETDs resulted in published works? How long from graduation to publication? In which subject areas? • Monitoring future embargoed ETDs, especially those embargoed in both places • Contacting 1999-2006 students, asking them to consider removing their embargo

  10. Conclusion The needs of the students must be balanced against the institution’s needs and goals. Justification for embargo should not be especially onerous, but needs to be more than a mere checkbox on a form. Asking students to provide justification for an embargo encourages thoughtful consideration of all consequences, not just the immediate advantages.

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