Publishing a thesis in DiVA
Publishing a thesis in DiVA - what you need to know
Here are links to the information you need to know when you write your thesis.
Copyright and Avoiding Plagiarism
If you use other people’s images, diagrams, etc. in your work, you must ensure you have the right to publish them.
Copyright
Read more about copyright here: Copyright (Swedish page)
Avoid Plagiarism
The anti-plagiarism tutorial Refero – https://refero.lnu.se/english/ is a web-based learning tool that helps you understand how to avoid plagiarism.
GDPR Personal Data
If other people appear in your work, you must first obtain consent for publication from them. Follow the instructions for handling personal data via the link below.
Read more about personal data management here: https://studentportal.bth.se/en/study-at-bth/degree-project/processing-of-personal-data-in-student-projects/
Accessibility and Archival
Preservation The Swedish Law on Accessibility to Digital Public Services (SFS 2018:1937) has been in force since 2019. It means, among other things, that PDFs should be readable with the help of electronic reading tools.
Read more about accessibility here: https://studentportal.bth.se/en/accessibility-and-archive-preservation/
In Word, you can run an accessibility check while you work: Use Review -> Check Accessibility
Save archive-securely – save as PDF/A
According to the law, public documents of government agencies must be archive-secure. To preserve digital documents indefinitely, the ISO standard PDF/A is used.
Read more here: https://studentportal.bth.se/en/accessibility-and-archive-preservation/
File size limitations
Limitations in DiVA: files larger than 1 GB must be uploaded via URL (max 16 GB per file). The file and the folder it is placed in must be publicly available.
Public document
When the student’s degree project has been submitted for examination, it becomes a public document and is covered by the principle of public access to official records.
Read more here
Confidentiality
In exceptional cases, if a thesis contains confidential information, it can be subject to confidentiality.
Read more about confidentiality here:
https://studentportal.bth.se/en/study-at-bth/rules-and-regulations/rules/copyright/
Advisory Ethical Review
You can contact the Ethical Advisory Board in South East Sweden if you want an advisory ethical review of your planned thesis or have questions about ethics in student projects.
Read more about the Ethical Advisory Board here:
Publish in DiVA
At BTH we use DiVA as an institutional repository for theses. As a student, you must register and publish your degree project in DiVA yourself.
If you are a student and have trouble logging into DiVA, try these options:
- Use Mozilla Firefox
- Log in from home
DiVA helpdesk BTH
Please contact us if you have questions regarding registration or publication of your thesis in DiVA
Anette Pettersson
Phone: 0455-385119
E-mail: anette.pettersson@bth.se