Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and Library and Archives Canada (LAC), the source of enduring knowledge for the government of Canada, its people, and institutions, have signed a new three-year agreement for dissertations and theses processing for the more than sixty universities that participate in the latter's national Theses Canada programme. The agreement includes ProQuest's new cost-saving ETD Administration tool, developed specifically for Canada, which allows universities an option to submit their works electronically at no charge.
Through the new agreement, graduate students at institutions that submit theses and dissertations to LAC will have the option to submit their dissertation or thesis in print for a small fee (part of which is subsidised by LAC) or to submit it at no cost using ETD Administrator Canada. About 60 percent of all dissertations are now submitted to ProQuest electronically, eliminating the packing and shipping of these substantial works and streamlining their processing.
The contract also offers a variety of cost savings for LAC. ProQuest will manage invoicing of individual universities for their dissertation services and will also provide an e-copy of each submitted work as soon as it is processed. ProQuest will continue to ensure long-term preservation by creating and storing microfilm copies of all submitted works at its secure, Pennsylvania-based vaults.
ProQuest's dissertation programme is known for its ability to surface the research of emerging scholars and researchers around the world, building the reputations of the authors, as well as their schools. Submitted works are added to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database (PQDT), a resource devoted to graduate works. The database saw record use in 2010, supporting 200 million searches.
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