The Internet Archive is currently accepting donations of the following media types for preservation and digitization:
Books – bound monographs including paperbacks
CDs – both audiobooks and music
LPs
45s
78rpm records
Software
Serials
Microfilm
Microfiche
Manuals
The Internet Archive is currently accepting donations of the following media types for preservation, with specific acceptance and digitization policies outlined below:
Periodicals – magazines, newspapers, etc
- Seeking complete runs of a particular title or long runs of sequential issues (ie. every issue from 1980-1985). We are not able to accept loose magazines or newspapers at this time.
- No guaranteed timeline for digitization.
DVDs
- Seeking educational titles only.
- We are not able to accept commercial films at this time.
- No guaranteed timeline for digitization.
VHS tapes
- Seeking educational titles only.
- We are not able to accept commercial films or homemade recordings at this time.
- Accepting for physical preservation only, no guarantee for digitization.
Reel-to-reel tapes
- Accepting for physical preservation only, no guarantee for digitization.
Other audio and video tapes (ie. cassettes, betacam, etc)
- Accepting for physical preservation only, no guarantee for digitization.
Sheet music
- Accepting for physical preservation only, no guarantee for digitization.
Wax cylinders
- Accepting for physical preservation only, no guarantee for digitization.