Universitetsbiblioteket er primært en informasjonsressurs for studenter og ansatte ved Universitetet i Agder. Biblioteket yter også tjenester til enkeltpersoner, nærings-, utdannings- og kulturlivet.
All doctoral dissertations published at the University of Agder are considered part of a series which is administered by the University Library.
The dissertation must have an ISBN-number and a series number, which will be provided by the Ph.D.-coordinator at the faculty. The ISSN-number is 1504-9272.
The dissertation must be publicly available at the latest two weeks before the disputation, printed or digital in UiAs Institutional Open Access archive AURA. It is the Ph.D. student's responsibility to ensure that the dissertation is submitted in sufficient time to meet this deadline.
If the thesis contains material protected by copyright (i.e. published articles), the Ph.D. student must seek permission from the publisher to include these in the digital version of the thesis published in AURA. This must be done at the latest when the dissertation is approved by the commitee. If you have questions contact The University Library at researchsupport@uia.no
The layout of the dissertation is not part of the regulations or evaluation process but should follow the same standards as other dissertations in the series. These are summed up in these documents: