Contribution Terms of Service
The Rhode Island COVID-19 Archive was launched in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic and was closed to submissions on June 30, 2023. The site and all contributions will be preserved by Providence Public Library and Rhode Island Historical Society.
Purpose
We are living in an historic moment, and all our voices are needed to tell the story of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rhode Island through creation and preservation of a “people’s archive.”
This is an all-digital archive that exists publicly on the internet. Private submissions are not accepted as the project was designed to provide widespread access for all.
Copyright
You keep your copyright in all your photos, illustrations, essays, and other materials contributed.
In the spirit of creating a “people’s archive” that ensures the widest possible access and use, we do ask contributors to submit their materials under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.
Under this CC-BY 4.0 license you retain the copyright to your work, and it allow uses such as:
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RIHS and PPL to include your materials in the permanent collections of RIHS and PPL; and
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the public to have access to and share, adapt, modify, and cite to your work.
Per the CC-BY 4.0 license, RIHS, PPL, and the public must credit you and your copyright when making any future uses.
User Guidelines
By submitting under these terms, you also agree that
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Your contributions to this archive are voluntary.
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You are 18 or older OR if you're under 18, you must ask a parent or guardian to contribute for you.
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You will not use this archive for the purposes of uploading or sharing anything that is unlawful, harmful, intentionally misleading, discriminatory, pornographic, or in violation of anyone else’s rights.
RIHS and PPL reserve the right to review and approve all contributions before they are added to the archive.
We will not edit contributed content; however, we may edit descriptive information for typographical errors to ensure the items are both findable or searchable.