Hello thesis authors and thesis chairs,
I have an update on digital commons thesis submission guidelines and copyrights. According to Kim Myers, the digital commons director, after publishing the work to digital commons, the thesis author has full agency and copyright to present a portion of the thesis or a development of the thesis as they wish.
The department and the college do not require a printed copy of the thesis if the thesis is published in digital commons.
The department requires a printed watermark department copy if the author opts out of publishing their thesis to digital commons.
In terms of guidelines, Kim recommends the thesis author follow these three steps in digital commons.
Go to:
1) Master Thesis Guidelines
2) Submission Guide
3) Submit Research
1) Master Thesis Guidelines at
2) Submission Guide
3) Submit Research
Thesis chairs, the thesis author is required to write an abstract in digital commons. I recommend the chair review the abstract before the thesis author publish to digital commons.
The signature page is the gateway to publishing in digital commons. This page does not need to be printed on water mark paper.
Once the thesis has been submitted to digital commons by the author, the graduate director will receive a confirmation email from digital commons. The graduate director will ask the thesis chair to review the submission in digital commons. Once the thesis chair has approved the submission in digital commons the thesis will be published to digital commons.
