Digitizing Project Materials Submission Guidelines

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Wauconda Area Library

Local History Digitization Project

Materials Submission

INVITATION & GUIDELINES

All Wauconda Area* residents, businesses, churches, and organizations are invited to participate in this community-spirited project. This project will provide a historic view of the Wauconda Area for all the world to see, thanks to the global reach of the Internet!

What is digitization? It's simple! We are scanning (similar to photocopying) various types of pictures and documents so that the images can be preserved in computer-readable format. This process is absolutely harmless to all materials we scan.

The Wauconda Area Library welcomes and encourages everyone to participate in this Digitization Project. Please understand that not all materials submitted will necessarily be included in the digitized database, even if they meet the following requirements.

Although the Wauconda Area Library does not accept responsibility for the security and safe-keeping of materials submitted for the Digitizing Project, every effort will be made to return materials to their owners as quickly as possible in the same condition in which they were submitted. All materials will be available for pickup at the library within one week of submission unless otherwise noted.

Please also understand that all materials submitted for this project will be returned to the person(s) submitting them. The library only needs to borrow the materials long enough to scan them. This process takes only about 10 minutes, but because there are so many items to scan, we might need to borrow the item(s) for up to 10 days.

Because the digitized Local History Collection is intended to serve as an archive of historical information and images related to the Wauconda Area, materials submitted for this project must meet the following requirements:

Each item must be in fair condition, no larger than 11" by 17", and able to withstand careful handling.

If item is framed, it is preferred that owner remove the item from the frame before submitting it

Primary subject content (i.e., names of individuals or groups pictured) of photographs must be identified

Dates of photographs or printed materials are not required but estimated dates are requested, if possible

Each item must have some historical significance. Here are some examples of items for the collection:

Photographs of long-time (fifty years or more) Wauconda Area residents which were taken long ago or even recently (not limited community leaders)

Photographs of early settlers of the Wauconda Area

Wauconda Area-related souvenirs or memorabilia of all sorts from before 1970 (i.e., restaurant menus, concert programs, festival programs, brochures, postcards, match books, pamphlets, etc.)

Wauconda Area-related letters, diary entries, school reports, etc. from before 1970 with some historic interest (i.e., letters from soldiers fighting wars in foreign lands, school reports chronicling some aspect of the area's development, etc.)

Old photographs (dating back to 1950 or earlier) of identifiable Wauconda Area buildings

Old (dating back to 1950 or earlier) maps, newspapers, transportation schedules, phone books, public documents, etc., related to the Wauconda Area

This project includes materials covering the history of the entire Wauconda Area served by the library, including all or parts of Wauconda, Island Lake, Volo, Fox River Valley Gardens, Lake Barrington, and unincorporated Wauconda Township.

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