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Deposit by e-mail

Last Update: December 27, 2010

You need to send the electronic document along with minimal bibliographic information to E-LIS. We will deposit the document on your behalf after verifying the eligibility. Just follow these steps:

Determine if the document is eligible for deposit

For a document to be eligible for deposit to E-LIS, it should meet a few requirements

1. It should be an acceptable document type. See Submission guidelines
2. It should conform to publisher's copyright policy. Verify that the document you wish to add to E-LIS is copyright-cleared. See Copyright policy.

Make a list of metadata

Have a list of metadata that describe the document you wish to submit. See Submission guidelines: metadata. If you already make these details available on a personal web site you may send details of the url rather than including them in a e-mail

Convert document to acceptable electronic format

In order to support long-term access to documents in E-LIS, it is strongly suggested that documents be submitted in .pdf or .html format. Check with E-LIS Staff for more information on other acceptable file formats. It is not usually acceptable to deposit the publisher-produced PDF, unless the publisher gives permission to do so. If you need to convert a copy of your document to .pdf see How to Convert a file into PDF.

Send the document by E-Mail

Send it by e-mail to us and we will deposit by you. You will have an opportunity to comment on the finished document before it is added to the archive.