10.6 Electronic Submission of Final Approved Theses

All theses are submitted electronically to the Dalhousie Institutional Repository (DalSpace), where they are searchable and available to the public via the internet.

All final, approved Master’s and PhD theses, that is, after examination and approval of any required changes, are submitted directly to the Faculty of Graduate Studies as PDF/A files via DalSpace. These files are termed “electronic theses” or “E-theses”. The procedures for E-theses approval and submission can be found on the Faculty of Graduate Studies website at: dal.ca/faculty/gradstudies/currentstudents/thesesanddefences/submission.html. It is the student’s responsibility to meet Faculty of Graduate Studies formatting requirements for the thesis and to ensure that the thesis has been converted into a compatible PDF/A version. Electronic submission of the thesis must be accompanied by original, paper forms, which are retained on file at the Faculty of Graduate Studies. These include: Thesis Approval Form, Dalhousie Thesis Licence Agreement, and Student Contribution to Manuscripts form (if applicable). All forms must have original signatures.

Within one week of submitting the E-thesis to the Dalhousie Institutional Repository (DalSpace) it is reviewed by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, if it is not approved as complete it will be returned to the student for corrections. Once it is approved as complete it is then committed to the institutional repository and then harvested by Library and Archives Canada who circulates copies according to the International Inter-Library Loan Code, with full copyright protection for the author. Similarly, E-theses are also stored by DalSpace where they are searchable and available to the public via the Internet.