Collection Publishing Request or Information Update Form

Complete this form to request that a collection in CARLI Digital Collections be published for the first time or to request changes to an already published collection’s image, home page text, topic/media categories, or summary.  This form must be submitted by an institution’s Primary CONTENTdm Contact.  Email the CARLI Office at support@carli.illinois.edu with any questions.

Name*:   
Collection Title*:   
Institution*:   
Email*:   
Phone*:   
Collection Alias*:  (example: uic_cfa or wiu_sequel)  

This is a request for:  <choose one radio button>  

a collection to be published for the first time
a change to a collection that is already published

Before requesting that a collection be published for the first time, please check that the following prerequisites have been met:

  1. Collections should be in accordance with the principles defined in the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) Digital Collections Collection Development Policy. See http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/contentdm/colldevpolicy.pdf
  2. There are five required metadata fields that must be included in all collections: Title, Collection, Language, Rights, and Type.
    Specifications for these fields, and the information that should be contained in each of them, can be found in the “Required Metadata Fields for CARLI Digital Collections” document: http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/contentdm/mdatafields.pdf
  3. Each collection must have an “About This Collection” page that describes it.  Information may include, but is not limited to:
    1. The relationship between the collection and the institution
    2. Source of the original items
    3. Purpose of the collection
  4. The look and feel of a collection should be customized to reflect the institution or the specific collection. This customization should be completed prior to publication by using the customization form at http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/contentdm/CDMcustom.php

Collection information:

*A. Attach a JPG image to use as the representative image for the collection in the “by topic”, “by media”, “by name”, and “by institution” results lists. Image dimensions must be exactly 300 x 300 pixels. If it is not, CARLI staff will crop it.

Alternatively, You may choose an image WITHIN a collection and give us the URL to that image.  CARLI staff will crop that image to 300 x 300 pixels.

If an image is not provided, CARLI staff will choose one to represent the collection.

*B. Please describe this collection in a summary statement of no more than 300 characters. This summary will be used in the “by topic”, “by media”, “by name”, and “by institution” results lists:  

*C. Choose all of the Topic Categories that appropriately describe this collection:
 <select all that apply>  

African American Studies
Art and Architecture
Biography
Business and Economics
Education
Ethnology and Anthropology
Genealogy
Government, Law, Politics
Health and Medicine
Illinois and Regional History
Literature
Maps and Geography
Military and War
Nature
Non-U.S. History
Performing Arts
Sociology
Sports
Technology and Industry
Travel and Leisure
University and Institutional History
U.S. History

If this collection does not fit into the Topic Categories that are already in the list above, please enter new suggested categories here (separate multiple suggestions by a comma):

These suggestions will be reviewed by the Digital Collections Users’ Group for addition.

*D. Choose all of the Media Type Categories that are appropriate to the content of this collection:
<select all that apply>  

Audio
Images
Images—General
Images—Photographs
Images—Posters
Images—Technical drawings
Maps
Multimedia
Sheet music
Text
Text—Books/Monographs
Text—Finding aids and inventories
Text—General
Text—Periodicals
Text—Personal correspondence and diaries
Text—Student publications
Text—Theses and dissertations
Text—University publications
Video

If this collection does not fit into the list of Media Type Categories that are already in the list above, please enter new suggested categories here (separate multiple suggestions by a comma):

These suggestions will be reviewed by the Digital Collections Users’ Group for addition.

*E. In the box below, please enter the text that will appear on the collection’s home page.  You may include CQR code. You may provide the text/information with HTML or other formatting coded in.  If you choose to code your own collection home page, please note that the CARLI Staff will enter you code EXACTLY as you have specified.  Problems with or changes to that code are the responsibility of the institution.  If you would like to display an image, please provide the URL to an image that is hosted on your own server or the URL to an image in your collection. (CARLI does not host individual images for collection home pages on our server, so please do not send us an image file.)
  

*F. Please provide a contact phone number or e-mail address to display on the collection home page:  

Comments or Special Instructions: