digitization requests

Digitization Requests

The Clemson Libraries Digitization Lab provides digitization services and consultations for campus and community partners. The Lab specializes in the digitization of unique cultural heritage materials for the purposes of online access and long-term preservation.

Formats We Handle

  • Photographs
  • Manuscripts
  • Documents
  • Bound materials
  • Oversize materials and maps
  • Negatives
  • Slides

Formats We Don’t Handle

  • Office records

Formats We Provide Guidance On

  • Microfilm
  • Film, VHS, other video formats
  • Cassettes, LPs, other audio formats
  • 3D objects

Current Equipment

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Campus Partners

If you are a Clemson University faculty member, instructor, researcher, or other campus partner looking for general digitization services, please fill out the Digitization Request Form.

Thesis or Dissertation digitization requests

Libraries employees requesting thesis or dissertation digitization, please use the Thesis or Dissertation Digitization request form.

If you are a visitor to the library and would like electronic access to a thesis or dissertation not available in ClemsonOpen, please make your request with Resource Sharing.

Community Partners

All institutions and organizations outside of Clemson University may request digitization of their cultural heritage materials by filling out the Proposal Form for community partners. This includes the groups below.

South Carolina Cultural Heritage Institutions

Galleries, libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and educational institutions may have their unique materials digitized by Clemson University for the South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL). Upstate collections will be digitized by Clemson and hosted by Furman University Digital Collections. Refer to the SCDL collection policy before contacting us.

National and State Parks

National Park Service units may have their unique collections digitized by Clemson University as part of our parks digital library program, Open Parks Network. The Digitization Lab has worked with a large component of the Southeast Region of the National Parks, as well as other national and state park units across the country.