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Submitting
your Dissertation, Thesis, or Portfolio to the Library: A Primer
updated August 21, 2007
Step One: See
your school’s
representative to find out the specific requirements of your school
for your dissertation,
thesis, or portfolio:
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Communication – Diane
Clark, (757)-226-4020
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Divinity – Melissa
Falk (D.Min. dissertations) (757)-226-4403; Lelia Fry (Ph.D.
dissertations) (757) 226-4520; Jason Wermuth (theses) (757)-226-4537
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Education – Elizabeth
Pulley, (757)-226-4257
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Government – Shannon
Skarka (A-H), (757)-226-4591; Erin Slemp (I-Z), (757)-226-4592
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Psychology
and Counseling – Joyce Harrel
(757) 226-4366, or Jenny Redick, (757)-226-4266
Step
Two: Make
sure you have all of the necessary forms completely and correctly
filled out, signed, and dated. For more on this step, click here for
a detailed checklist.
*More
information about the UMI form can be accessed at this web address: http://www.il.proquest.com/dissertationagree/.
The username is dissertations and
the password is publish.
Step
Three: Submitting your manuscripts to the
Library. For an even more detailed checklist, please click here.
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For Portfolios – Bring
the right number of required manuscripts (find this number out
from
your school representative) printed on
acid-free paper, with original signature pages, plus any personal
copies that you would like to have bound. You will also need an
Approval Form, a Charge Sheet, and the correct payment. If you
would like
to register your portfolio with UMI, bring the UMI thesis form
as well as an extra copy of your title/signature page and abstract.
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For Theses – Bring
the right number of required manuscripts (find this number out
from your
school representative) printed
on acid free paper, with original signature pages, plus any
personal copies that you would like to have bound. You will also
need
an Approval form, a Charge Sheet, the UMI thesis form, and correct
payment. To accompany your UMI thesis form, you will need an
additional copy of your title page, signature page, and abstract.
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For Dissertations - Bring the right number of required manuscripts
(find this number out from your school representative) printed
on acid free paper, with original signature pages, plus any
personal copies that you would like to have bound. You will also
need an
Approval form, a Charge Sheet, the UMI dissertation form, and
correct payment. To accompany your UMI dissertation form, you will
need
an additional copy of your title page, signature page, and
abstract.
The Fees:
Binding fees: $10.00
per copy; $13.00 per copy if documents are greater than 2” thick.
UMI
fees: If
you are submitting your dissertation or thesis, you must register
it with the National Microfilm Database
called
UMI. This is optional
for a portfolio. You may also copyright your work with UMI if you
desire (but it is not required).
The
UMI charges are:
Shipping Fees: It takes 10-12 weeks to get your personal
copies back from the Bindery. If you wish to have them mailed
to you, they will be shipped via UPS ground (Domestic) or DHL (International).
The shipping costs are:
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