Abstrakt
Since 2006 it has been mandatory for Czech universities to make electronic theses and dissertations accessible on the Internet. Nevertheless, theses and dissertations are also historical archival materials of fundamental historical value, and need to be treated as such.
In the year 2016, the Archive of Charles University initiated a change of the current policy on thesis submission. The emphasis was on using formats specifically suitable for long-term preservation (the format PDF/A, in particular).
The objective was to collect theses in a form which may discontinue the practice of submitting printed versions and facilitate the use of electronic versions as the original archival materials. The presentation focuses on the historical development of thesis collection (including an analysis of files submitted during the years 2006- 2016), submission policy description, and its implementation into the submission process.