Thesis Submission
The Graduate School and Library are pleased to announce that students completing
theses or dissertations in Summer 2005 and after may elect to submit them to the
Graduate School electronically. Students may choose to use the new electronic submission
process or submit paper versions of their theses and dissertations for review and
archiving as they have done in the past. The Graduate School will present workshops
on how to submit Thesis and Dissertation electronically which will provide guidance
on this new process as well as the current paper-driven process.
The current paper-driven process is inefficient and costly to students
and the University. Our electronic submission process will enable
students to submit their work via a secure website and receive emailed feedback
from the Graduate School. They will no longer have to travel to the Graduate
School or wait in line to drop off paper copies of their theses or
dissertations or to obtain feedback on formatting. When the final
version of the thesis or dissertation is approved, students will not have to submit
three final copies of their work on expensive high-quality paper. The
Graduate School will deliver the documents electronically to UMI and the
Central Library.
The convenience of electronic submission and emailed feedback and the
savings in time and the cost of paper and other supplies will clearly
benefit our students. Electronic submission will also allow the
Library to waive the $22.50 mandatory binding fee that students
submitting paper text must continue to pay. The University will also benefit from savings
accruing from reduced labor, packaging, shipping and storage costs. The
electronic process will not affect the review and evaluation processes conducted by
thesis or dissertation committees.
