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Open Access Publishing PLUS: An Overview for Graduate Schools and Libraries
Overview
With the Open Access Publishing PLUS from ProQuest publishing option, graduate students can publish their dissertations and theses with ProQuest on an open access basis. Once published, open access graduate works will be made available in the following ways, ensuring the widest possible exposure of the author’s graduate research:
- PQDT: Open access graduate works will be available for free download to all users of the ProQuest® Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) database, the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses.
- PQDT Open: Open access titles can be retrieved via the ProQuest database PQDT Open (http://pqdtopen.proquest.com). Anyone with access to the Internet will be able to read and download open access dissertations and theses for free.
Fee
The Open Access Publishing PLUS publishing option costs $95. This one-time fee funds the perpetual hosting of the student’s work for electronic public access.
Choosing Open Access Publishing
ProQuest's publishing agreement allows students to specify their choice of either Open Access Publishing PLUS or Traditional publishing when they submit. They will pay the fee for Open Access Publishing PLUS publishing as determined by their graduate institution (graduate works submitted via the ProQuest Electronic Theses and Dissertation Administrator and published via Traditional Publishing). The university may choose to cover, or to subsidize, the Open Access Publishing PLUS publishing fee.
Open Access Publishing PLUS for ProQuest versus Traditional Publishing
All of the same services and processes that go into Traditional publishing efforts will apply to Open Access Publishing PLUS from ProQuest. They will be indexed, microfilmed, preserved and archived as they have always been.
For More Information
Please see Open Access Publishing PLUS FAQ or feel free to contact ProQuest directly at disspub@proquest.com or call 800-521-0600 x 77020
Open Access Publishing PLUS from ProQuest versus Traditional Publishing
| Open Access Publishing PLUS Dissertation: $95 Thesis: $95 | Traditional Publishing Dissertation: $0 Thesis: $0 (no fee for submission via ETD Administrator) | |
| Open Access Publishing PLUS from ProQuest | ||
| Option for Open Access from Your Institution | ||
| Optional Exposure to search engines | ||
| ISBN assignment | ||
| Editorial review | ||
| Bibliographic indexing | ||
| K-level MARC record on request | ||
| Published citation and abstract | ||
| Fulfills Mandatory Deposit Requirement with Library of Congress | ||
| Appendix check for copyright issues | ||
| Digital preservation and dissemination | ||
| Microfilm archiving and preservation | ||
| On-demand print copies | ||
| Award eligibility | ||
| ETD Administrator* available Copyright filing available ($55 service fee) |
*ProQuest's online submission and administration tool.