You are being asked to contribute your recollections, photographic images, video, social media postings or other digital content to West Paris Public Library and Norway Memorial Library, which is creating a digital record of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

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 librarian@westparislibrary.org or norlib@norway.lib.me.us

You must be 18 years of age or older to submit material. By submitting content through this form, you are granting West Paris Public Library and Norway Memorial 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. 

If you indicate on the form that your submission is “public,” your material may be published on the web (with or without your name, depending on what you have indicated) as part of West Paris Public Library and Norway Memorial Library digital collections or exhibits. Otherwise, your material will only be available per West Paris Public Library and Norway Memorial Library guidelines.

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. 

I understand that West Paris Public Library and Norway Memorial Library are not obligated to include my content in this project or preserve it in perpetuity. Library personnel reserve the right to reject any exhibit in full or in part. Exhibited items will meet a standard acceptable to the community. Decisions to include or decline submissions will adhere to the institution's policies' guidelines on collections, displays, exhibits, and deaccession.

Please choose one of the following and initial:

My submission may be “public” and included in publications, digital collections, and exhibits and may include my name. If yes, please initial here: ____

My submission may be “public” and included in publications, digital collections, and exhibits but should be listed without my name/anonymously.  If yes, please initial here: ____

My submission may not be public and made available in publications, digital collections, and exhibits, but is available for research and use per institution guidelines.  If yes, please initial here: ____