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 online to the public.

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. 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 required 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).

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 harvested by Library and Archives Canada who circulates copies according to the International Inter-Library Loan Code and with full copyright protection for the author. Similarly, E-theses are also stored by DalSpace where they are searchable and available online to the public.