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UVicSpace Guidelines

Information about using the University of Victoria's institutional repository, UVicSpace

Before you deposit

  • Ensure that your supervisor(s) has approved all corrections in your manuscript before submitting.
    • IMPORTANT: Graduate projects cannot be revised after they have been deposited in UVicSpace.
       
  • Add a cover page to your file
    Ensure proper formatting by following examples in the Faculty of Graduate Studies formatting checklist.
    NOTE: substitute "project" for "thesis."
     
  • Create a UVicSpace account
    • Go to dspace.library.uvic.ca.
    • Click Log In --> New user? Click here to register.
    • Type your email address --> click Register.
    • You should be able to log in to your account now.
       
  • Contact your department's graduate secretary for permission to submit
    They will add you as a submitter to the appropriate collection.
     
  • Prepare the following:
    • Your project abstract (as text to copy and paste into the submission form).
    • Your final, complete project, with approved layout, and any other files (spreadsheets, images, et cetera) available for uploading. The file name should follow this convention:
      LastName_FirstName_Degree_CopyrightYear.pdf
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