Content Submission Form

We can digitize images from books, posters, and other hard copy flat documents, 5-9 minute excerpts from VHS or DVD films or tv shows, and audio from CDs. Email Jenny Gowen at gowe0006@umn.edu to give her advance notice that you will be submitting material to be digitized. She will give you an accurate estimate of when he can have your materials ready, usually within a week or two.

Copyright
You are responsible for ensuring that your content falls under Fair Use copyright protection; for details, see VRA Fair Use Guidelines at: http://www.arthist.umn.edu/slides/IPR/fairuse.html. The University Library system also has useful guidelines on Fair Use at http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/index.phtml, including the text of the law, sample scenarios, and a "Fair Use Analysis Tool."

Submitting hard copy materials
Leave your materials, with a printed copy of the form attached (download it, below), in the Digital Museum box in 104 Scott Hall. Keep a copy of the form for your records. You will receive an email when your work is ready. You can pick up your hard copy materials in the Digital Museum box, or Jenny can return them to the U library for you.

Submitting material that is already in digital format:
If your content is already in digital format, fill out the form and either email it as an attachment to Jenny, (files under 4 MB), or leave the CD in the Digital Museum box in 104 Scott Hall (bigger than 4 MB). Please be sure to attach the hard copy form to the CD, or if you email a small file, please include the title of the item in the subject line of the email.

You can download the submission form as a Word document or as a PDF file.

This site includes a list of keywords to make your submission process easier. If you would like to suggest additional keywords for the list, please add them to your submission form, indicating that they are additions.