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The University Archives retains copies of all official University Theses and
Dissertations dating from the early 1900s to the present. After successful defense
of a graduate degree, the
UT Graduate School requires students to submit two
copies of their thesis or dissertation to the University. Both copies are cataloged
and entered into
UTK's online library catalog. One copy remains at the John
C. Hodges Library, the University's main library, and can be circulated while
the second non-circulating copy is deposited in the University Archives for
safekeeping. In the event that the first copy is lost, stolen, or checked-out,
patrons will always be able to use the second copy at the
Special Collections Library.
The University Archives also has a small collection of uncataloged theses
and student papers. Collections include: College Scholar Projects, 1970-1999;
undergraduate engineering theses, 1894-1961; and an collection of early theses
1893-1912. Title lists for these collections are available.
In October 1997, the Graduate Council of The University of Tennessee at
the Knoxville campus approved a Pilot Program for Electronic Theses and Dissertations
(ETDs) to be jointly directed by the Division of Information Infrastructure,
University Libraries, and The Graduate School. The mains goals of the ETD
initiative are to help graduate students learn more about electronic publishing
and digital libraries through application in their own research and creation
of their own ETDs. The ETDs submitted to the Pilot Program will be available
upon the student's graduation, and are searchable through the
UTK ETD webpage.
In collaboration with
University Microfilms International (UMI), the UTK
Library system is also involved in making theses and dissertations available
online. The
Digital Dissertations database allows patrons to search full-text
UTK dissertations from 1997 to the present. Searchable abstracts from earlier
dissertations are also part of this growing digital library. With such rapid
technological advances, the University Archives will play an active role in
planning and preserving this digital information for future generations.
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