Thesis or Dissertation Copyright Policy

The School of Computing has a fiduciary interest in seeing that the results of its research programs are widely disseminated so that other researchers and the public as a whole can benefit. This is especially true for work supported in part by governmental agencies. Copyrighting of a thesis or dissertation, without making any provision for its legal reprinting, severely limits the dissemination of research results. It also makes it difficult for the School to handle requests for copies of theses or dissertations received from other universities or researchers.

The School of Computing encourages distribution of theses and dissertations in any of the following ways:

• Through an appropriate agreement with University Microfilms, Inc., that allows them to reproduce the thesis on request (this option is only open to Ph.D. dissertations at the present time).
• Give permission to the School to have the thesis or dissertation reproduced upon request, with the School allowed to recover its costs of reproduction and distribution.
• Furnish the School with the address of the person, agency, or company that will handle the distribution of the thesis or dissertation.