Rights + Re-Use
Wesleyan University makes digital images accessible in the following instances:
- They are in the public domain.
- Wesleyan University owns the copyright.
- Wesleyan University Library has permission to make them accessible.
- They are being made accessible for education and research purposes as a legal fair use, or
- There are no known restrictions.
It is your responsibility to determine how you may use images and data that you download from our digital collections.
Rights + Re-Use
Wesleyan University makes digital images accessible in the following instances:
- They are in the public domain.
- Wesleyan University owns the copyright.
- Wesleyan University Library has permission to make them accessible.
- They are being made accessible for education and research purposes as a legal fair use, or
- There are no known restrictions.
It is your responsibility to determine how you may use images and data that you download from our digital collections.
Metadata
All metadata in our digital collections is dedicated to the public domain and available for use under the CC0 – No Rights Reserved status.
Images
All material that we believe to be in the public domain is marked with a rights statement of either No Copyright - United States or No Known Copyright. This material is available publicly for download and use without restriction by the library. Making this material available to researchers does not equal permission to use the material without restriction. There may be additional licenses and agreements for the materials. The researcher must determine appropriate use and any restrictions themselves.
Where the copyright is owned by Wesleyan, material is available publicly for download and non-commercial use. This material is marked with a rights statement of In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted or No Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Only.
Due to the nature of archival collections, we are not always able to identify copyright or rights of privacy, publicity, or trademark for each item in the collection. These collections are marked with a rights statement of Copyright Not Evaluated.
Using Images and Data
Metadata
All metadata in our digital collections is dedicated to the public domain and available for use under the CC0 – No Rights Reserved status.
Images
All material that we believe to be in the public domain is marked with a rights statement of either No Copyright - United States or No Known Copyright. This material is available publicly for download and use without restriction by the library. Making this material available to researchers does not equal permission to use the material without restriction. There may be additional licenses and agreements for the materials. The researcher must determine appropriate use and any restrictions themselves.
Where the copyright is owned by Wesleyan, material is available publicly for download and non-commercial use. This material is marked with a rights statement of In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted or No Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Only.
Due to the nature of archival collections, we are not always able to identify copyright or rights of privacy, publicity, or trademark for each item in the collection. These collections are marked with a rights statement of Copyright Not Evaluated.
We ask that researchers provide attribution for digital images from our collections. Most records include a preferred citation and a DOI. Please incorporate both in any citations; unlike URLs, DOIs provide persistent links to the source material.
Attribution
We ask that researchers provide attribution for digital images from our collections. Most records include a preferred citation and a DOI. Please incorporate both in any citations; unlike URLs, DOIs provide persistent links to the source material.
We follow OCLC’s policy, “Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online” (revised 5/2/2010 and and endorsed by the Society of American Archivists, CLIR, and other organizations).
Our rights statements are derived from Rightsstatements.org which operates under the aegis of the Digital Public Library of America and Europeana.
More Information
We follow OCLC’s policy, “Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online” (revised 5/2/2010 and and endorsed by the Society of American Archivists, CLIR, and other organizations).
Our rights statements are derived from Rightsstatements.org which operates under the aegis of the Digital Public Library of America and Europeana.