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Australian Digital Theses Program

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In 2004, RMIT University joined the Australian Digital Theses Program (ADT). It is a national collaborative program that provides a database of digital versions of theses produced by postgraduate research students in Australian universities. It provides opportunities for students to contribute their theses from all Schools in the university.

All theses (as described below) which are classified as fully completed after 1st June 2006 must be submitted electronically.

The work of students who have completed their postgraduate research degree by Project mode (resulting in an exegesis/appropriate durable record) will be considered on a case-by-case basis to determine what can be accommodated. Consideration of these Project submissions will help to inform the development of mechanisms for their more comprehensive inclusion at a later date.

What can be deposited?

Your thesis must be:

  • PhD, Professional Doctorate or Masters (by research)
  • the outcome of a program of research at RMIT University
  • fully completed. This means it must have been submitted for examination, examined, classified as ‘Passed’, amended in accordance with any examiners’ comments and signed off as ready for final archival submission.(See section 14 of the Policy and Procedures for Higher Degrees by Research, available from the Higher Degrees site).

Restrictions on access

For the purposes of the ADT program you are able to specify levels of access to your thesis. These include worldwide access, access restricted to RMIT University campuses only and restrictions to a specified time period. (Maximum of 24 months)

Steps for depositing a thesis

When contributing your thesis to the ADT Program you should:

  1. Refer to section 14.4 of the Policy and Procedures for Higher Degrees by Research available from the Higher Degrees site. Advice on thesis binding is also available from this website. Hard copies of theses are still required to be submitted as specified in these Procedures.
  2. Open, print and then complete the following ADT submission form (RTF, 107 KB, 2p.) or ADT submission form (PDF, 82 KB, 2p.).
  3. Contact Ms Susanne Tzamouranis at the Higher Degrees Unit and submit an electronic copy of your thesis in Word or PDF format, either on disk or CD with the completed Submission form and any other documentation as required. Send to: Research Training Group. Address: City Campus, Building 9, Level 1, Rm 41.
  4. RMIT University Library will be responsible for formatting the word document into PDF format and submitting it for the student into the ADT Program.

Copyright issues

Check your thesis for any material that is subject to copyright like tables, illustrations, graphs, photographs that are not your own work. You will need to obtain written permission from the owners of copyright. More information is available from the Copyright Management Service.

If you have any queries about the process you can contact your Liaison Librarian

Information about ADT

Acknowledgement: The ADT Program participants acknowledge the work done at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. This national project utilises and adapts the concepts and deposit process software first developed at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.