Data and Approval Certificates/Forms needed for deposition of M.A. Thesis

Library debts

You must settle all debts (if you have any) to the Bar-Ilan Libraries and Information Division: fines or borrowed books at one of the on-campus libraries and/or at other university libraries (borrowed through the Inter-library Loan Department or via a direct loan, if you were given permission to do so).

Library approval of the deposition can't be granted until these debts are fully settled.

Approval certificate to make the deposition

Please prepare an approval certificate of the Faculty/Department/Unit/School to deposit the copy in the library. The approval is issued by the Faculty/ Department/ Unit/ School secretariat, signed by the Head of the Department/ the Supervisor, and confirms that your work was evaluated and approved and that it is a final copy, written and formatted according to the instructions of School of Graduate Studies.

Abstracts of your work

Please prepare separate word document with Hebrew and English Abstracts only, as they appear in your work (if your work is written in another third language, add an abstract in that language also). If for some reason you don't have all of the abstracts or one of them in your work, you must write them, get them approved by your supervisor and add them to your work, according to the Graduate School instructions.

ORCID identifier number

Please prepare an ORCID identifier number:

• If you have created an ORCID identifier number in the past, look it up.
• Otherwise, you must create it in advance. A detailed explanation about the number and the way it is created.

Publication/ Delay of publication (Embargo) on Library Catalog

If you need your work to be under Embargo, you must obtain an approval (see below) before beginning the deposition process:

General background
The Bar-Ilan University Libraries and Information Division serves as a depository library for all the University theses and dissertations. The printed copy is transferred to the Departmental / Faculty library respectively. The electronic copy is accessible via the library catalog and is transferred to the National Library in accordance with the Deposit Law.
In the Electronic Deposition Form, in section "Accessibility permissions to Your Thesis", you must choose from one of the following accessibility options:

* One-year Embargo for both the printed and electronic formats,

or

** Agreement to allow access to the printed copy (with immediate option for loan/ loan after two years) and electronic copy (immediate), via the Libraries and Information Division catalog and agreement to allow the general public to access the electronic format of the work, within the National Library.

Embargo period

• If, based on the research data, you intend to publish articles, a book, or to issue patents, you may need/want to restrict access to your work by Embargo. It is recommended that you consult with your supervisor(s) to make this decision.
• If embargo is indeed required, it will be for one year only, and it is subjected to the approval and signature of the Head of your Faculty/ Department/ School/ Program. The approval form can be found here.
• If you should want to extend the embargo beyond one year, you must apply in advance to the School of Graduate Studies and receive an approval from the Dean for an additional period. This approval of the embargo extension must be sent to theses.lib@biu.ac.il.

Keywords

For all of the works, except those written within Faculty of Engineering, please prepare 3 keywords in English, which describe the main topics of your work. A keyword can also be a phrase.