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Thesis/Dissertation Binding


Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Drop Off Location Cooper Library Binding - Room 306A (3rd floor of Cooper Library, first door on the left down the hall from the elevators)
Contact Person Phyllis Gleaton (656-2887; pgshrdl@clemson.edu)
How long will it take? Bound copies will be available approximately 6 weeks after your drop off in bindery.
Distribution of Bound Copies Personal copies can be picked up or will be mailed as indicated on the completed GS-48 form. Required copies will be distributed by Cooper Library Binding to the department and to the Library.


Deadline Dates

If you are graduating: Copies of thesis/dissertation must be
submitted to Cooper Library Binding by:
December 21, 2006 December 8, 2006
May 11, 2007 May 5, 2007


Before
you come to Cooper Library Binding:

  • Complete the Thesis/Dissertation Binding and Mailing Form (GS48) (available at the Graduate School).

  • Pay binding and mailing fees at the Bursar's Office (G01 Sikes) and have the GS48 form stamped paid.

  • Have the total number of required and personal copies made of your thesis/dissertation.

What You Need to Bring


Masters students
  • Form GS-48 (stamped paid by Bursar's Office) (required)
  • 3 copies of thesis (required)
  • as many personal copies as you want bound

Doctoral students
  • Form GS-48 (stamped paid by Bursar's Office) (required)
  • 4 copies of dissertation (the microfilming copy may be on plain copier paper) (required)
  • completed UMI "Doctoral Dissertation Agreement" and "Survey of Earned Doctorates" (required)
  • as many personal copies as you want bound

Copying Requirements

All required and personal copies must be made on 20 lb. paper with at least 50% cotton content. (The only exception is the one copy of the dissertation for microfilming that may be on plain copier paper.) The following are nearby copy shops that are familiar with the Graduate School's requirements, however, as long as paper requirements are met, you may use any copy shop or service:

Campus Copy Shop
One Rubin Square
384-1 College Ave
654-3863

East Park Printing
1376 Tiger Boulevard
654-4000
(offers pick-up & delivery services; call for details)
Clemson Printers
990 Tiger Boulevard
654-2762
(offers pick-up & delivery services; call for details)
University Printing Services
Dillard Building
656-2041

Questions?

Phyllis Gleaton
Cooper Library Binding
306A Cooper Library
656-2887

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