About SMARTech

What is SMARTech?

SMARTech, or Scholarly Materials And Research @ Georgia Tech , is a repository for the capture of the intellectual output of the Institute in support of its teaching and research missions. SMARTech connects stockpiles of digital materials currently in existence throughout campus to create a cohesive, useful, sustainable repository available to Georgia Tech and the world.

Why SMARTech?

• Access barriers disappear
• Enhanced visibility, use, reputation
• Wide and rapid dissemination of intellectual output
• Supports classroom teaching
• Aids multidisciplinary inquiry
• Valuable recruiting tool
• Preservation and management of information assets
• Reduces duplication of effort
• Stimulates serendipitous discovery and collaboration

What can I submit to or find in SMARTech?

All the relevant intellectual output of Georgia Tech including:

• Annual Reports
• Computer Programs
• Conference Papers
• Data Sets
• Learning/Complex Objects
• Models
• Pre-Prints/Post-Prints
• Proceedings
• Research Reports
• Simulations
• Technical Reports
• Web Pages
• White papers
• Working Papers

What file formats are accepted?

We accept standard formats that we can make a commitment to migrate and provide access to over the long term including:

Text

• PDF (.pdf)
• HTML
• ASCII (.txt)
• XML
• SGML

Note: We recommend Unicode for non-Roman characters

Images

• PDF (.pdf)
• Use Type I PostScript fonts
• JPEG (.jpg)
• CompuServe GIF (.gif)
• PNG (.png)
• TIFF following version 6.0 or later, including CCITT G4 (.tif)
• CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm)
• PhotoCD
• Adobe Photoshop (.ppd)
• Post Script (.eps)
• PowerPoint (.ppt)

Note: We recommend a minimum of 600 dpi resolution for images of pages with text.

Video

• MPEG (i.e., MPEG-1, MPEG-2) (.mpg)
• QuickTime – Apple (.mov)
• Audio Video Interleaved – Microsoft (.avi)
• Streaming video applications

Audio

• MPEG-2
• MP3
• CD-DA
• CD-ROM/XA (A or B or C)
• AIFF (.aif)
• SND (.snd)
• Streaming audio applications
• WAV (.wav)
• MIDI (.midi)

Can be used with Finale software to reproduce score

Authoring

• Authorware
• Director (MMM, PICS)

Special

• Spreadsheet – Excel (.xcl)
• AutoCAD (.dxf)
• ArcView (GIS)

Referring

• “Handles” as URNs (URLs don't last very long)
• ISBN, ISSN

How do I start contributing to SMARTech?

Contact:

Julie G. Speer
Head, Scholarly Communication and Digital Services
Library & Information Center
Atlanta , GA 30332-0900
404.385.0089
julie.speer@library.gatech.edu