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.
SMARTech houses Georgia Tech research in digital format, including
We accept standard formats that we can make a commitment to migrate and provide access to over the long term including:
| Type | Description | File extension | Support level |
| Text/Images | Adobe PDF | supported | |
| Text | HTML | htm, html | supported |
| Text | Rich Text Format | rtf | supported |
| Text | Text | txt | supported |
| Text | XML | xml | supported |
| Text | Microsoft Word | doc | known |
| Text | WordPerfect | wpd | known |
| Text | SGML | sgm, sgml | known |
| Images | JPEG | jpg, jpeg | supported |
| Images | GIF | gif | supported |
| Images | PNG | png | supported |
| Images | TIFF | tif, tiff | supported |
| Images | Post Script | ps, eps, ai | supported |
| Images | BMP | bmp | known |
| Images | Adobe Photoshop | pdd, psd | known |
| Images | Microsoft Powerpoint | ppt | known |
| Images | Photo CD | pcd | known |
| Video | MPEG | mpg, mpeg, mpe | supported |
| Video | Video Quicktime | mov, qt | known |
| Audio | WAV | wav | supported |
| Audio | MPEG | mpa, abs, mpeg | supported |
| Audio | AIFF | aiff, aif, aifc | supported |
| Audio | RealAudio | ra, ram | known |
| Audio | Basic | au, snd | known |
| Special | Microsoft Excel | xls | known |
| Special | Microsoft Project | mpp, mpx, mpd | known |
| Special | Microsoft Visio | vsd | known |
| Special | FileMaker/FMP3 | fm | known |
| Special | LateX | latex | known |
| Special | Mathematica | ma | known |
| Special | Tex | tex | known |
| Special | TeXdvi | dvi | known |
| supported | Items in this category can be used in the future through migration or emulation and the Library makes a commitment to do so. |
| known | This category indicates that the specifics of the program code for that format are not public but the format is so widely used that the ability to use it in the future is almost certain. |
SMARTech is part of the MetaArchive Cooperative distributed digital preservation network. Georgia Tech Library participates in the MetaArchive program, an international effort for the preservation of electronic scholarly materials through the Library of Congress' National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP).