Thesis Binding Guidelines
Thesis Binding overview
The library’s Collection Management office, located on the 2nd floor, facilitates the binding of Master’s Theses, Honors Theses, Graduate Music Research Papers, and Graduate Music Recital Papers.
Required paperwork
A Binding Request Form should accompany all submissions. Please fill out the form completely so that we can expedite processing of the documents. If you had previously been submitting a spreadsheet with document and binding information, feel free to attach it to the Binding Request form. If you need additional copies of the Binding Request form, please contact Allison Kee at x6182.
Student Personal Copies
Students must pay the binding fee for personal copies. Personal copies of theses are bound with the same specifications as library and departmental copies; if different specifications are desired, students must contact a bindery directly.
If a student requests personal copies be mailed to a personal address, the copies will be sent uninsured to one address only for an additional $5. Payment for shipping and handling charges are to be included with binding charges for personal copies.
Current Binding charges
Thesis $10
Recital Paper $14
**Please note: The turnaround time between the date documents are submitted to the library for binding and the date they return from the bindery is approximately 4-6 weeks.
Graduate Education - Master’s Theses
The student is to submit a minimum of three copies with the requisite signatures on the signature page to the Collection Management office of the library (2nd floor). One copy will be placed in the library’s special collection, one copy will be placed in the circulating stacks, and one copy will be returned to the School of Education. All copies are to be submitted to the library ready to be bound, so it is imperative that all editing, signatures, collating, etc. be performed before submitting to the library. Academic departments have additional guidelines for submitting theses to the library, so students should have checked with their graduate office before submitting copies to the library. If theses do not have signatures, they will not be sent to bindery and will be returned to the department.
Graduate English - Master’s Theses
The student is to submit a minimum of three copies with the requisite signatures on the signature page to the Collection Management office of the library (2nd fsloor). One copy will be placed in the library’s special collection, and one copy will be returned to the English department. All copies are to be submitted to the library ready to be bound, so it is imperative that all editing, signatures, collating, etc. be performed before submitting to the library. Academic departments have additional guidelines for submitting theses to the library, so students should have checked with their graduate office before submitting copies to the library. If theses do not have signatures, they will not be sent to bindery and will be returned to the department.
Graduate Music – Recital papers, Research papers and Thesis
Recital Papers
The School of Music Graduate Office submits a minimum of two copies with the requisite signatures on the signature page to the Collection Management office of the library (2nd floor). Recital paper submissions should also include 2 cds and programs from the recital. If these items do not accompany the documents and/or their absence is not notated on the Binding Request form, contact Caroline Scism. All copies are to be submitted to the library ready to be bound, so it is imperative that all editing, signatures, collating, etc. be performed before submitting to the library. One copy will be placed in the library’s music special collection and one copy will be placed in the circulating stacks. Any personal copies will be returned to the School of Music.
The music special collections copy will include 1 CD in a paper sleeve and 1 program. Both items will be inserted into a pocket in the back of the book.
The circulating stacks copy will include 1 CD in a hard case and 1 program. The CD will reside separately from the book but will be kept with the thesis until after it has been cataloged. The program will be inserted into a pocket in the back of the book.
Research Papers (bound in green)
Master’s Theses (bound in maroon)
The School of Music Graduate Office submits a minimum of two copies with the requisite signatures on the signature page to the Collection Management office of the library (2nd floor). All copies are to be submitted to the library ready to be bound, so it is imperative that all editing, signatures, collating, etc. be performed before submitting to the library. One copy will be placed in the library’s music special collection and one copy will be placed in the circulating stacks. Any personal copies will be returned to the School of Music.
**exception: Vocal Arts majors will submit a minimum of three copies of the culminating document. The third copy is paid with graduate music library funds and returned to SOM for the Vocal Arts Lab collection.
Honors Theses
The student is to submit a minimum of three copies with the requisite signatures on the signature page to the Collection Management office of the library (2nd floor). One copy will be placed in the library’s special collection, one copy will be placed in the circulating stacks, and one copy will be returned to the Honors Department. All copies are to be submitted to the library ready to be bound, so it is imperative that all editing, signatures, collating, etc. be performed before submitting to the library. Academic departments have additional guidelines for submitting theses to the library, so students should have checked with their graduate office before submitting copies to the library. If theses do not have signatures, they will not be sent to bindery and will be returned to the department.
For more information on thesis binding, please contact Allison Kee at ext. 6182, or drop by the Collection Management Office on the 2nd floor of the library between 8:00a.m. and 4:30p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Last updated: 8/11/15 ak