The Kalamazoo College Library collects SIPS in our digital archive, CACHE. If you haven’t yet submitted your SIP to the archives, please do so!
Use the submit a SIP form for quick uploading.
The Kalamazoo College community can submit materials through CACHE. Reasons you should consider submitting materials to the College Archives include:
- Permanent URL. Once materials are in CACHE, the URL is permanent and can be used on resumes, newsletters, or other websites.
- CACHE promotes our academic programs. Many materials in CACHE are searchable in Google, so anyone around the world can find out about the work we are doing at K.
- Reach a wide audience. CACHE materials are indexed by Google, so anyone searching the Web could find your work if you desire. However, SIPs require author permission to be distributed to anyone without a Kalamazoo College network account.
- Assessment. CACHE can show how many SIPs were done in a given department in a given year, who advised them, what grants the author may have received, and what other organizations may have sponsored the author’s research.
- Preservation of varying formats. CACHE can store and preserve a variety of digital formats including text, audio, video, and images.
- Don’t worry about backups. CACHE backs up and preserves your materials so you don’t have to worry about losing them.
If you have questions or need assistance, please email Hillary.Berry@kzoo.edu.
