Information technology (IT) has given us new opportunities to explore with. Scholarly
materials like theses and dissertations can now be submitted in electronic form so that
they can be distributed to a wider group of users not limited within the library building.
This technology however has not gathered the right pace in our part of the world due to
various issues. These issues relate to the technology, necessary modification in workflows,
hardware and software requirements, copyright, accessibility, security and issues bothering
students, reviewers and the faculty members of higher educational institutions
and Universities. Hence, this paper discusses these issues with a favourable attitude
towards electronic theses and dissertations and a gives a brief account on its implementation.