ProQuest's publishing agreement allows students to specify their choice of either Open Access Publishing PLUS or Traditional publishing when they submit.
Students who chose to publish their dissertation or Thesis in the Traditional Publishing model with ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) database.
Students who choose ProQuest's Open Access Publishing PLUS publishing option costs $95. This one-time fee funds the perpetual hosting of the student’s work for electronic public access.
There is no cost to make a thesis or dissertation open access in the CMU KiltHub Repository.
With the Open Access Publishing PLUS from ProQuest publishing option, graduate students can publish their dissertations and theses with ProQuest on an open access basis. Once published, open access graduate works will be made available in the following ways, ensuring the widest possible exposure of the author’s graduate research:
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PQDT Open Access Publishing PLUS Cost: $95 |
PQDT Traditional Publishing Cost: Free |
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| Open Access Publishing PLUS from ProQuest | X | |
| Option for Open Access from Your Institution | X | X |
| Optional Exposure to search engines | X | X |
| ISBN assignment | X | X |
| Editorial review | X | X |
| Bibliographic indexing | X | X |
| K-level MARC record on request | X | X |
| Published citation and abstract | X | X |
| Fulfills Mandatory Deposit Requirement with Library of Congress | X | X |
| Appendix check for copyright issues | X | X |
| Appendix check for copyright issues | X | X |
| Appendix check for copyright issues | X | X |
| On-demand print copies | X | X |
| Award eligibility | X | X |
| Copyright filing available ($55 service fee) | X | X |
Please see Open Access Publishing PLUS FAQ or feel free to contact ProQuest directly at disspub@proquest.com or call 800-521-0600 x 77020