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I'm guessing most recent dissertations have been digitized, but this is probably the norm only in the last 10-15 years? Most universities likely have never give
by samspenc 2y ago
I'm guessing most recent dissertations have been digitized, but this is probably the norm only in the last 10-15 years? Most universities likely have never given thought to digitize anything from before then due to the extra costs that would be involved in digitizing those physical copies. I am curious how much such an effort would cost though.
- not2b 2y agoEverything was digital at UC Berkeley back in the early 1990s and before.
- Cheer2171 2y ago> Everything was digital at UC Berkeley back in the early 1990s and before. I can't believe I have to say this, but not every university is UC-Berkeley. Digitization isn't free and requires specialized labor and technology. And are you really saying that in the late 1980s, all dissertations were submitted digitally? In what format?
- not2b 2y agoI should have qualified this with "the engineering departments at UC Berkeley". Everything we put out (papers, technical reports, open source software) was on the Internet. Formats were varied; LaTeX and Postscript were commonly used. PDF a bit later.