Contribution Terms of Service:

You are being asked to contribute your memories, photos, videos, social media postings, journal entries, oral history interviews or other digital content to Marion Public Library, which is creating a digital record of the derecho that struck Marion, Iowa, on August 10, 2020. 

You may only submit material created entirely by you and not copied from or based, in whole or in part, upon any other photographic, literary, or other material, except to the extent that such material is in the public domain, or you have permission of the copyright owner, or its use is allowed by “Fair Use” as prescribed by the terms of United States copyright law. If you would like to refer or nominate material which you do not own, please contact us at info@marionpubliclibrary.org.

You must be 18 years of age or older to submit material or have parent/guardian permission. By submitting content through this form, you are granting Marion Public Library permission to disseminate, preserve, and use that content in connection with its educational and research mission, including promotional purposes, in all media in perpetuity. You retain ownership of and copyright in the material you share unless stated otherwise.

Submitted material must not violate any confidentiality, privacy, security or other laws. Please be aware that all submissions and any information associated with the submissions (email address, descriptive information, etc.) may be provided to federal, state, or local law enforcement or other government agencies pursuant to a lawful subpoena or otherwise as required by law.

We reserve the right to discard or mark private any submission that Marion Public Library staff identify as irrelevant or for any other reason within their professional judgment. Marion Public Library is not obligated to include your content in this project or preserve it in perpetuity.

(Model taken from http://digitalcollecting.lib.virginia.edu/toolkit/docs/omeka-setup/collecting-materials/)