STEP 1. What Should the Library Do with Your Thesis? (Choose One)

APPENDIX A

COVER SHEET TO BE APPENDED TO ALL THESES

By law, copyright in your thesis belongs to you, the author, including all rights of publication and reproduction. Only the copyright holder may determine what others may do with the thesis.

STEP 1. What should the library do with your thesis? (Choose one)

□ Share my thesis

You authorize the library to share your thesis with others according to the Creative Commons license selected in step 2. (See Appendix B for an explanation of the three options.)

□ Place an optional embargo on my thesis

The library should not allow anybody except college officials to see its copy of my thesis until January 1st of the year ___________. (e.g., 1 year=2018, 5 years=2022, 100 years=2117)

Under this option, you ask the library to prevent anyone else from accessing its copy of your thesis. At the end of the lockdown period, the library will distribute its copy of your thesis according to the license you choose below. (See Appendix B for an explanation of the three options.)

STEP 2. Select a license for your thesis. (Choose one)

□ CC BY-NC-ND

□ CC BY-NC-SA

□ CC BY

The type of Creative Commons license you choose determines what others may and may not do with your thesis. (See Appendix B for an explanation of the three options.)

STEP 3. Sign.

Please note that, by choosing to make your thesis available (whether now or at a future date), you are waiving any protections of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) that may apply with respect to your thesis as of the date specified. FERPA generally restricts disclosure by the college of records related to your education.

________________________ ____________________________ __________
Student Signature Student Name Date

________________________ _____________________________ __________
Thesis Advisor Signature Thesis Advisor Name Date

Appendix B: Creative Commons Licenses

CC BY-NC-ND
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

This license is the most restrictive, only allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.

● License Deed: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
● Legal Code: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

CC BY-NC-SA
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

● License Deed: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
● Legal Code: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

CC BY
Attribution

This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.

● License Deed: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
● Legal Code: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

More information about Creative Commons licenses is here:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/