Thesis and Dissertation Publishing Fees to Increase Effective May 19, 2008
Effective with theses and dissertations submitted on or after May 19, 2008 the fees for submission to ProQuest/UMI and the Heckman Bindery will increase. Publication with ProQuest is required for dissertations and optional for theses or reports. Two copies of a bound thesis or dissertation are required for the Van Pelt and Opie Library. Binding for reports is optional. Details of the fee increases are below.
ProQuest Fee Increase
Beginning with theses and dissertations submitted to the Graduate School on or after May 19, 2008, the fees for publishing with ProQuest will increase by $10. This is an increase of the fees from ProQuest, and represents the actual charges from ProQuest.
The basic fee to publish a thesis will be $55, and a dissertation will be $65. PhD students are required to publish their dissertation with ProQuest. This is optional for Master's students.
Fees for Copyright filing and Open Access remain unchanged. Both of these services are optional and not required by the Graduate School.
ProQuest is the largest publisher of graduate research, and publication with them provides wide accessibility for student work and an off-site archive in the event that work is lost from the university Library.
Heckman Bindery Fee Increases
Binding two copies of a thesis or dissertation is required for the university Library. Graduate programs may require that students bind a copy for the program. The fee increases are shown in the table below.
| Item | Current Price | Price Effective May 19, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Binding and printing of document | $20/copy | $20.35/copy |
| Color printing (8.5 x 11) | $0.21/page | $0.36/page |
| Color printing oversize (up to 11 x 17) | $0.42/page | $0.53/page |
| Black and white oversize (up to 11 x 17) | $0.17/page | $0.20/page |
| Cotton Fiber paper | $0.10/page | $0.13/page |
| Media Pockets | $4.40/copy | $4.60/copy |
Please note the large increase in color page prices. The Graduate School recommends the use of color pages in a thesis or dissertation only when it is necessary to convey the information. Examples of good use of color include finite element results, maps, web pages, cell staining or complicated graphs with multiple lines. Graphs with a single line or graphs that can use mutliple symbol types to distinguish between lines are best presented in black and white for print.
Contact Debra Charlesworth for any questions regarding publishing with ProQuest or the fee increases.