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I'm a PhD Candidate and was very disappointed to find out that my university no longer does printed copies of dissertations. I really wish they did.
by I_am_uncreative 3y ago
I'm a PhD Candidate and was very disappointed to find out that my university no longer does printed copies of dissertations. I really wish they did.
- robotresearcher 3y agoYou can get it printed and bound yourself for your bookshelf, plus one for your mom and one for your advisor if they are interested. At my grad school we had to arrange that ourselves using the prescribed service, and deliver the finished books to the university. I don't recall it being super expensive.
- whatshisface 3y agoI wonder if we'll live to a time when you have to go to Staples for your diploma...
- tkgally 3y agoDo they put the dissertations online? At the university where I teach, all dissertations are posted as PDFs to a permanent public repository hosted by the university library. (Authors can choose to delay that posting for a few years if they plan to publish the thesis.) Paper copies of theses are still put in the library as well, with the cost of printing and binding borne the authors.
- I_am_uncreative 3y agoThey do! But paper copies do not exist. You can have a paper copy of your dissertation printed, but it is unofficial.
- tkgally 3y agoThat's too bad. While I said that our online archive is "permanent," digital preservation can be fragile, as we all know. Additional archival in physical form would increase the chance that the knowledge you and other thesis writers are creating will remain for future generations.