http://inpursuitofmysteries.disqus.com/enTue, 22 Jul 2008 10:25:01 -0000http://www.arcanology.com/2008/07/20/my-thesis-finally-available-on-proquest/#comment-1266552Nice one, Al - that's dedication to open-access!<br><br>And Congratulations.YewtreeTue, 22 Jul 2008 10:25:01 -0000http://www.arcanology.com/2008/07/20/my-thesis-finally-available-on-proquest/#comment-1266551Hi Bodhibird.<br><br>Yes, I had to pay. It was simply part of the ProQuest forms. When I turned my Master's thesis in after final committee approval, it went two places. One copy went to the school library for permanent archiving and another copy was sent to UMI/ProQuest. The paperwork for ProQuest basically defaulted to "Pay us X dollars for archiving your thesis" as a standard fee and they also registered my copyright for the thesis. The fee for this was $65. <br><br>ProQuest had additional options with this, such as ProQuest providing bound copies for personal use (which I used <a href="http://lulu.com" rel="nofollow">lulu.com</a> for instead). On this form, there was a checkbox for making the electronic copies of the thesis available from their index for free but I had to pay for this. Otherwise, people have to pay them for <em>any</em> access to my thesis. As I recall, the justification was that they have to host the file and make it available on their site. This is officially called "Open Access" by ProQuest, as opposed to the term "Traditional Publishing." This is an additional $95 fee on top of the $65 for archiving and copyright registration. <br><br>I mentioned this <a href="http://www.arcanology.com/2007/12/12/final-academic-paperwork-done/" rel="nofollow">last December</a> when I was doing the paperwork.albillMon, 21 Jul 2008 15:17:37 -0000http://www.arcanology.com/2008/07/20/my-thesis-finally-available-on-proquest/#comment-1266550A paper on the Golden Dawn? I am so there!<br><br>As a librarian, I'm interested that *you* had to pay PQ to make it available for free. Can you tell me more about that?BodhibirdMon, 21 Jul 2008 10:43:53 -0000