University Dissertation and Thesis binding

We can bind to all University formats including the London University full soft bound.

Soft binding

Spine cloth Arbelave buckram, The sides hi-speed board, 230 microns. Lettered in gold on spine with name (initials, surname) degree and year of  submission.

• Four working days service - £13 per copy (for example, give us the document on Thursday morning and you will be able to collect it or have it delivered to the university on Tuesday  morning).
• Next day service - £24 per copy (subject to availability). You must give us your work before 9:30am.
• Same day 2hr service £45 per copy (in before 9.30am and subject to availability).
• Please read carefully our "Important Information" section below. It is full of helpful tips on how to avoid common mistakes.
• Full covered soft binding to University of London specification are £18 per copy.

Hard binding

Full bound in Arbelave Buckram.. Lettered in gold as required.

Please bring with you the full details of colour and lettering requirements.

• Six working day service - £30 per copy. For example, give us your work on Monday morning and collect it or have it delivered the following Monday.
• Three day service - £50 per copy. For example, give us your work on Monday morning and collect it on Wednesday morning. 
• Please read carefully our "Important Information" section below. It is full of helpful tips on how to avoid common mistakes.

Extra charges and postage

• Return postage within UK and Ireland - £10 per copy and £3 per additional copy
• We can bind to the specifications of all UK universities and most hard bindings fall into the £30 price range unless they require extra lettering
• Return postage within Europe - £20 per copy
• Return postage to USA - £25 per copy
• Return postage to the rest of the world - £30 per copy

Important information

Our Address is

S. Ingram & D. Robinson Ltd.

The Bindery, Carnegie Heritage Information Centre 
(Old Carnegie Library)
342 Anlaby Road,
Hull.
HU3 6JA

Tel: 01482 
Email: bindery@haveitbound.com

Opening hours : Monday to Friday 8.30am to 11.30am. We are not open in the afternoons.

Customers with disabilities
We have a ground floor reception area with easy access and rampes. You are also welcome to drive up to the side of our building from within West Park, where you can phone us and we will come out to your car. We can also make local collections by arrangement.

Closures for 2008
Bank Holidays Closures  Monday 5th May, Monday 26th May, Monday  25th August
Summer shutdown. Closed from 11.30am on Friday 1st August 2008 until 8.30am on Monday 11th August 2008.
Christmas 2008 Closed from 11.30am on Wednesday 24th December 2008 until 8.30am on Fridayday 2nd January 2009.

• We do not photocopy or print from disc. You are required to bring complete copies.
• In order to bind your work we need, at least, a 25mm margin on the left hand edge of each page and 20mm on all other edges. This is so we can tidy up the page edges in our guillotine. Any type or pictures that fall too close to the edge of the page may be in danger of being cut.
• There is no space at our premises for you to sort, collate or check your pages. Please check they are in order before your visit.(Checking that all copies are the same thickness is a good way of checking for missing pages.)
• Please do not include any paper clips or staples in the work
• We do not operate a booking system. There is no need to book.
• We do not accept work outside 8.30am to 11.30am Monday to Friday.
• We only accept cash or a UK cheque with banker's card.
• There are no cash machines close to our bindery so make sure you have means to pay.
• Cheque's made payable to " S. Ingram & D. Robinson Ltd "
• It is not possible to make any amendments, such as adding pages, to work once submitted for binding. If you do find a mistake you will need to bring complete new copies of your work and repeat the process.
• Make sure you have a title page that exactly matches that shown in the Student Handbook.
• When posting, use a bubble padded envelope as normal envelopes have been known to split.
• Any pages printed on paper larger than A4 will need to be folded back 2cm from the right hand edge. This is to avoid the fold being cut off in the guillotine.
• A3 papers can be bound in but need to be folded. From the left hand edge, measure and mark19cm and 32cm. Fold the sheet towards you at the 19cm mark and then fold back on itself at the 32cm mark. This will form a zigzag.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

What to do if you are running out of time

Make sure you have enough ink and paper to print out your work. It can take several hours to print out and running out of supplies in the middle of the night can be a problem. (24hrs Tesco's on Beverley High Road or 24hrs Tesco's at St Stephen's in the town centre does stock inks and paper). It may be quicker to take your work on disc/memory card to a copy shop where they have fast printers. Plan which one to use.

It is not possible to make any changes once your work is handed in for binding and there is no space on our premises for you to make any final checks so please make sure that all copies are in the correct order. A good way of checking is to place them side by side and make sure they are the same thickness. Flick through them to make sure all the pages are the right way round. A common mistake is forget the references or even your title page.

What to do if you are seriously running out of time and are having problems holding it all together and you haven't slept for 2 days

If it's getting really scary, keep us informed of your progress. There's nothing worse than someone turning up unexpectedly five minutes before we close and expecting us to bind it straight away.