{"id":1652,"date":"2014-10-23T17:19:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/?page_id=1652"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:17:30","slug":"digital-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/about-the-archives\/donate-records\/digital-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acceptable methods of transferring electronic materials to the Student Life &amp; Culture Archives include both electronic and storage device delivery. It may be necessary to convert certain files to a format more accessible to Archives&#8217; users. Early consultation with the Archives is strongly encouraged for all such materials.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Acceptable Formats<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Scanned Images: TIFF, PNG, GIF, BIIF, and PDF<\/li>\n<li>Data and Databases: XLS, XSLS, ODX, DB, FP7, MDF, and MDB<\/li>\n<li>Digital Photographs: TIFF, JFIF, JPEG, and BMP<\/li>\n<li>Web: HTML, TIFF, and PDF<\/li>\n<li>Email: including email attachments<\/li>\n<li>Audio-visual: MP3, AVI, WAV, MPEG-4, and AAC may require specific software that must accompany the records. Please <a href=\"mailto:eswain@illinois.edu\">contact the Archives<\/a> for further information.<\/li>\n<li>Text: DOC, DOCX, ODF, ODT, TXT, PDF<\/li>\n<li>Presentation Materials: PPT and ODP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Storage Device Delivery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Preferred physical devices for the delivery of records in electronic format include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USB Flash Drive or Thumb Drive<\/li>\n<li>Hard-drive<\/li>\n<li>Memory card<\/li>\n<li>CD-ROM<\/li>\n<li>DVD-R\/W for audio; DVD-R\/W for film is currently accepted on a limited basis. Please contact the Archives for further information.<\/li>\n<li>Floppy disk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CD-ROMs and DVD-R\/W should be appropriately labeled. Information should include the creator name, dates, and a description of the contents. Place USB flash drives, hard-drives, memory cards, and floppy disks in an envelope labeled with identifying information.<\/p>\n<p>The Archives also accepts records through the following electronic methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email: files and folders must be relatively small in size<\/li>\n<li>UofI Box: Email <a href=\"mailto:eswain@illinois.edu\">eswain@illinois.edu<\/a> for instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>When in doubt, don&#8217;t delete!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acceptable methods of transferring electronic materials to the Student Life &amp; Culture Archives include both electronic and storage device delivery. It may be necessary to convert certain files to a format more accessible to Archives&#8217; users. Early consultation with the Archives is strongly encouraged for all such materials. Acceptable Formats Scanned Images: TIFF, PNG, GIF, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"parent":1630,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1652","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13059,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1652\/revisions\/13059"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}