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Add Your Thesis to MIT's DSpace Thesis Collection

Adding your thesis or dissertation to MIT's DSpace thesis collection is a great way to preserve the record of your scholarship at MIT. Theses in DSpace are visible to anyone in the world, and will be preserved digitally for long term use and access.

Adding your thesis only takes a few minutes, and preserves color content, text searchability, and embedded links within your thesis.

Theses that are not submitted to the libraries in PDF format will be scanned in black and white mode from the paper copy, which results in lower viewing quality in DSpace and a larger digital file which will not be searchable.

Information about your thesis will be indexed by search engines like Google after your thesis is loaded into DSpace. All theses in DSpace can be accessed via a persistent URL (also called a handle) which will not change.

Thesis Submission Methods:

Choose one of the following methods to transfer your thesis file to the MIT Libraries:

• Mount your thesis in a public Athena directory. Send an email message to etheses-admin@mit.edu that includes your name and the file's location. Our staff will pick up the thesis.
• Use an FTP client to place your thesis on our thesis server:
  • hostname: 18.51.1.151
  • username: thesis
  • password: thesis
  • port: 21
  • give your thesis file a unique filename that includes your last name, "jones-phd-eecs-2005.pdf." Avoid using a filename like "thesis.pdf."
  • send us an email after you've uploaded your thesis, and we'll send you a confirmation message within 48 hours that your thesis has been received.
• Copy your thesis to a CD-R and deliver/mail it to:
  • Document Services:E-Theses
    77 Massachusetts Avenue, Bldg 14-0551
    Cambridge, MA 02139.
  • Please include an email address and your contact information when submitting your thesis via CD.

Important Submission Notes:

• Your thesis must be rendered into a single PDF file for submission.
• The PDF file that you submit must be an exact duplicate of the paper thesis submitted to your department.
• You don't have to include signatures on your title page. Signatures on the title page will be masked out to protect the privacy of thesis authors and advisors.
• The PDF file may not contain encryption or other access limitations.
• Theses will not be added to DSpace until after degrees have been awarded and the thesis has been fully processed and cataloged by the MIT Libraries, which may be up to three months after the degree date.
• Paper copies of your thesis are still required and should be submitted to your academic department as usual. See Thesis Specifications for more information.

Please contact etheses-admin@mit.edu for assistance.

Last updated 05/11/05