Laval University (http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/) hosts its electronic theses and dissertation (ETD) policies and procedures at: http://www.fes.ulaval.ca/sgc/mte

The site is in french language. You see can a machine-translated version at:
http://tinyurl.com/brsof

Regards,

Nicolas

I recently completed a preliminary study of American ARL universities that host their own ETD collections. (I did not include institutions which have a hosting arrangement with ProQuest). The paper is scheduled to be presented at ETD2005. The paper is still undergoing the final review process with the conference organizers, but as soon as it is formally accepted, I’ll archive it and make it available online.

The universities that I evaluated are:

Boston College
Brigham Young University
Case Western Reserve University
Cornell University
Florida State University Library
George Washington University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Kent State University Libraries
Louisiana State University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
North Carolina State University
Northwestern University Library
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Texas A&M University Libraries
Texas Tech University Libraries
University of Cincinnati Libraries
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Kentucky
University of Missouri - Columbia
University of Notre Dame
University of Pittsburgh
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
University of Texas - Austin
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Tech

Here is the title and abstract:

“ETD Release Policies in American ARL Institutions: A Preliminary Study”

ABSTRACT

The advent of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) has improved access to graduate level research, but with these new opportunities come new challenges. Institutions that host ETD collections must develop release policies that meet the requirements of intellectual property law and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders. These include graduate students, faculty, universities, and commercial publishers. Despite functioning in similar legal and cultural environments, analysis reveals that institutions have implemented a diversity of release policies. This lack of consistency suggests a lack of information and lack of standards in the ETD community. An improved understanding of the issues and options can encourage a new culture of cooperation and help inform institutions that are planning or have implemented ETD programs. This paper provides a preliminary analysis of policies that are currently in place at American institutions that are members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The study was conducted by analyzing release policies that are posted on publicly accessible web sites.

Brian