We prefer all submissions to be in the digital formats as described below. Submission of digitized materials will expedite making the materials available on The Borderlands Encylopedia. We understand, however, that you may not have access to equipment or the technical expertise to convert original material to a digital format. We can provide assistance in the conversion process eventhough there may be a delay in making the material available on The Borderlands Encyclopedia until the digitization is completed. When possible, submit duplicates of all digitized and non-digitized materials to safeguard against loss or damage. And although we will carefully handle all items submitted, we do want to alert you that we cannot be held responsible for loss or damage of material.
DIGITIAL FORMATS
The following guidelines represent how material is distributed through The Borderlands Encyclopedia. Distribution of materials to The Borderlands Encyclopedia will be expedited when provided to us in the following formats, either in an English or Spanish language format.
Text
Provided in plain ASCII (text only, no formatting codes) files.
Still Images
Submit both a full size JPEG image and a thumbnail sized GIF image.
The Joint Photographic Experts Group format is used to display the full image. JPEG images should be between 640 and 800 pixels in the longest dimension, which equals about 8.5 to 10.5 inches at no more than 300 ppi (pixels per inch).
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format are used to provide in-line thumbnail imagtes for WWW browsers. A recommended size is between 80 and 100 pixels in the longest dimension, which equals about 1 to 1.5 inches at no more than 300 ppi (pixels per inch).
Sound
Sound files should be provided in AIFF, AU or WAV format. Contact us if your sound files are in a different format.
Video
Video files should be provided in Quicktime or MPEG format.
Format available both on MAC (MOV) and PC (AVI). We recommend using Cinepak compression on your Quicktime videos.
MPEG
Moving Pictures Expert Group standard for video compression.
Other Digitized Media
We accept digitized material delivered via anonymous ftp, 3.5 inch diskettes, Zip diskettes, CD-rom, audio CD, and photo CD.
NON-DIGITIZED FORMATS
We accept non-digitized materials including audio cassettes, vhs tapes, 8mm video tapes, and photographs. We cannot, however, accept non-digitized text. Please note: Delivery of non-digitized materials may delay making the material available on The Borderlands Encyclopedia until the digitization is completed.
For more information contact the Project Director at pmccarty@utep.edu