Library: Library Take-Down

Statement of Intent

In making collections available online, the Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library (McGoogan Library) seeks to fulfill the primary mission of teaching, research, and service. Research collections are selected for online access after being reviewed for copyright restrictions, personal privacy, and culturally sensitive information. Due to the nature of such collections, third-party rights of privacy, publicity, copyright, or trademark cannot always be identified. Communication from authors and any rights owners are welcome so that accurate information may be obtained, and proper attribution assigned. With these efforts, the McGoogan Library acts in good faith, gives credit to rights holders when possible, and respectfully provides access to culturally valuable materials.

Policy and Procedure

If you access material through the McGoogan Library’s online platforms and wish to contest its inclusion because you believe:

• you hold the copyright to material, you have not given permission for use, and the use is not covered by an exception to copyright law;
• the copyright holder (besides yourself) has not given permission for use, and the use is not covered by an exception to copyright law;
• inclusion of the material violates your rights of privacy or otherwise; or
• the material contains content that may be regarded as culturally sensitive

then please send an email to history@unmc.edu with the following information:

• your name, email, and phone number,
• a clear statement that you are the copyright holder or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder,
• the exact URL where you found the material along with a short description,
• a clear statement that you in good faith and truthfully believe the contested material violates your rights or that the online display is culturally sensitive, along with a brief explanation supporting your assertion.

Once this information is received, the request will promptly be acknowledged, along with a request for additional details if needed.  Following this, appropriate members of the university community will assess the request within 14 business days.

Upon completion of the assessment, the McGoogan Library staff will take appropriate action and notify you of the outcome. Potential outcomes may include:

• the material remains unchanged and online for unrestricted access;
• the material remains unchanged, but restricted to access by users at McGoogan Library for a defined period of time;
• the material remains unchanged, but additional descriptive context is added to aid in better understanding;
• a redacted version of the material is made accessible online; or
• the material is deemed culturally sensitive to such a degree that it is removed from online access.

Please note, the McGoogan Library aims to preserve the historical record; errors present in original items are unlikely to be removed or redacted. Upon receiving the request, it will be assessed whether context may be added to help create understanding of the historical record. An exception to this rule is if a legal concern is associated with the availability of a record; for instance, if the availability of the material violates copyright, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) the item may be removed. The McGoogan Library adheres to applicable state, federal, and international copyright and data protection laws and guidelines.