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Selected MALD Theses Online |
| The Fletcher School’s Ginn Library, working with Tufts’ Digital
Collections and Archives (DCA) now provides access to a digital
collection of the full-text of selected Fletcher School MALD
theses, beginning with the class of 2001. The DCA administers the
Tufts Digital Library, managing digital content and providing
access tools in support of teaching and research at Tufts. The collection is fully
searchable and available at: http://nils.lib.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/perscoll?collection=Perseus:collection:Fletcher Initially seen as a pilot test for preserving and providing access to the intellectual capital of the Fletcher School and Tufts University, this digital collection is a selection of the MALD (Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy) theses written each year as a requirement to graduate from the two-year Master's degree program. A few Ph.D. theses are also included and others will be added in the future. This is the first time in Fletcher's history that MALD theses are available in any format for the Fletcher community and the public to read. The theses cover a range of subjects represented in the Fletcher curriculum, including conflict resolution and negotiation, international trade, human rights, terrorism, diplomacy, globalization, and regional studies. The collection provides an opportunity to sample the quality and substance of the research and analysis carried out by the Fletcher School’s students. The project is a joint effort of Tufts Digital Collections and Archives and the Fletcher School’s Edwin Ginn Library. The Ginn Library plans to adapt the procedures used in building this collection to build similar collections of Fletcher faculty working papers and a comprehensive digital collection of the abstracts of all Fletcher PhD dissertations. |