How to Get Your Thesis Professionally Bound
Step 1. Gather the following information:
- Your funding string (for example 131-458745-2-PRJ8544).
- You will need to ask your PI or lab manager for this number. Bound theses cannot be paid for in cash.
- Your Professor/Principle Investigator.
- What you want printed on the spine of the book (for example Kate Hill, Ph.D., 2004).
- NOTE: There is a 60 character maximum on the book spine. This includes spaces.
- The name and email of a person designated to pick up your bound books when they are delivered.
Step 2: Choose a color for your bound thesis.
Black #990
Red #182
Dark Green #490
Maroon #192
Royal Blue #588
Navy #598
Brown #860
Tan #798
Step 3: Send an email to fastcopy@chem.wisc.edu with the following information:
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- Your name:
- Your email:
- Number of copies requested:
- Principle Investigator (PI or Lab) Name:
- Funding string for payment:
- Color of Cover (color and number, ex. Black #990):
- Color of Spine Text (gold or silver):
- Font size of lettering on spine: (18 or 24pt)
- What you want written on the spine (exactly as you want it – less than 60 characters including spaces):
- Delivery contact name:
- Delivery contact email:
- Attach your thesis to this email.
Step 4. Send or deliver your thesis.
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- NOTE:If it is more than 24MB, you must send us a link to download or bring it to the Fast Copy Center on a flash drive.
Your part of this process is complete. The Fast Copy Team will email you that we have received your order. We will print your thesis on book quality paper and ship it to the bindery.
The process of binding takes approximately 2-3 months. The bindery will ship it back to the Fast Copy Center, and we will notify your contact person (who you designated in the form) to come pick up your finished books. We cannot ship out of the Fast Copy Center.
If you have any questions, please contact Kate Hill at fastcopy@chem.wisc.edu