Almost . . . There

Well, I just dropped off my thesis to the printer. I’m REALLY hoping that it comes back in one piece. I have to submit it to grad studies in the afternoon, following my defense, and after tracking down all the relevant signatures I need.

I will be providing an open access version of my thesis later in the week here on this site. It would be really great if Emerson College had an open access policy on Master’s theses. I’m secretly hoping that Emerson’s libraries, professors, and students as well might lobby for open access to student, and faculty, research in the future. The staff at Boston College libraries seems to take a similar position:

“BC’s dissertations are not yet Open Access (OA). However, it is hoped that this lack of Open Access will change and that BC’s dissertations will in the future be available to anyone with internet access.”

In any case, I look forward to sharing my thesis here on this blog and hearing from folks in access and beyond about the ideas presented in it.