Macdonald-Kelce Library: The University of Tampa Institutional Repository (UoTIR): Submission Process

Submission Form

Student Submission Link

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This is your agreement form to upload your final approved project to UoTIR.

Embargoes

All deposited content is made immediately available to The University of Tampa community. If no embargo is chosen, work will be immediately free to access online.

All students have the option to embargo (restrict access) to The University of Tampa community for 1 or 2 years. After that time, the work will be freely available online.

IRB Consent

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Consent
If your work received IRB Classroom Project Involving Human Participants approval, your work will then be restricted to UTampa community only access (MyUTampa log-in). Be sure to check the box on the form that confirms your IRB consent.

Manuscript/Project Formatting Guidelines

Each department will have specific style guidelines, such as APA, MLA, Chicago*, etc.

Theses, Dissertations, or Projects submitted to the library must also follow these additional guidelines:

1) All documents must be converted into PDF/A format. If you have any questions about converting your document, please email repository@ut.edu for assistance.

2) All documents must have an approved title page, which includes keywords and an abstract.

3) If project is a video, please submit an MP4 file.

* Chicago Manual of Style requires log-in to MyUTampa for access.

Departmental Guidelines for Project Submission

For departments offering graduate programs that require or have an optional final project for graduation, the following process should be followed for preservation of the work in the UoTIR.

STEP ONE:

Please review this guide. We are happy to include any specific information from your department in the guide.

STEP TWO:

Departments should add the following language to the departmental website, and to the catalog description of curriculum and graduation requirements of the program:

After departmental approval, students are required to submit an electronic version of their thesis, dissertation, or final project to the Macdonald-Kelce Library for inclusion in the digital repository, which is accessible on the Internet.

Embargoes restricting access of full text to only the University of Tampa community may be selected for 1 or 2 years, before the work is released freely on the web through the repository. Students also have the option to release the work for immediate access worldwide.

STEP THREE:

Distribute the Submission Form to students and the link to this guide. Please have your students submit their work, after final approval, by the end of their semester of graduation.

THANK YOU!

Thank you for your support of preserving and disseminating the scholarly work of The University of Tampa’s undergraduate and graduate programs. This not only shares our scholarship with the world at large but helps to create stronger connections with our alumni and potential students. The UoTIR archives academic excellence at UTampa.

Please contact repository@ut.edu with any questions or feedback.