The Library is pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Commons
This is a repository for research by Massey University staff and students – storing documents online and making them available for full-text searching and downloading.
The current focus is on Massey University masters and doctoral theses which are submitted to the Library and stored digitally. Contents of the Digital Commons are indexed by search engines (eg. Google) making the research accessible to an international audience. Statistics are readily available giving the number of times a thesis has been viewed (abstract or full-text). The first thesis which was added to the Digital Commons had been viewed 318 times as of 21 August. Many other universities are using the same Digital Commons software and you can view their repositories.
After a small but successful pilot project with theses from Museum Studies, we are now welcoming voluntary submission of other Masters and Doctoral theses. If you would like to submit a copy of your thesis for inclusion in the Digital Commons please click here.
In the longer term, the Digital Commons will be used to make articles, reports and conference presentations from Massey University staff available online.
If you have any queries about making your thesis available online, please contact the Library’s Digital Services staff
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