Chronicling COVID-19 at Ouachita

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Ouachita is launching a campus-wide project to encourage members of the university community to document their personal experiences during the coronavirus outbreak and contribute them to the University Archives. While we are collecting official records related to Ouachita’s response to the pandemic, we also want to ensure that personal experiences and reactions to this challenging and historic situation are included in the permanent archives. All members of the campus community are invited and encouraged to participate.

How to participate

The method of recording your pandemic experiences is up to you. Some suggestions include writings if you kept a journal, or reminiscences, recording voice memos, saving social media posts, photos and/or videos you may have made or taken, or creating multimedia works of digital storytelling.

Send in your stories about the shift to remote learning, returning home for the spring 2020 semester, delayed spring commencement, how you kept in touch with your family and friends during periods of self-quarantine and social distancing, and so on.

Submission process

Please use this form to submit your items. You will be able to sign an agreement allowing the University Archives to preserve your submission, and you will receive important information about the copyright and use of your content. You will have the option to remain anonymous if you choose.

Submissions will not be available to the public immediately. After they are processed by the University Archives staff, they will be available on Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita.

If you interview other people in the course of your documentation, we will also need their permission so that we can preserve and share the recordings with future researchers. Please have any friends, family members, or community members complete the form if you wish to record them. If we do not receive releases from all participants, we cannot preserve the materials. Only one person will need to attach the files to the form – co-creators can simply fill in their personal information along with a description of the materials.

If you have any questions about this project, privacy, what to donate, the donation agreement, or anything else related to our efforts to collect materials related to the pandemic, please reach out to [email protected] or [email protected]. We can help!

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First Name*

Middle Name

Last Name*

Preferred Name

Email*

Year of Birth*We collect this information so that we can create unique metadata for these items once they become part of the archives. This information will not be shared with the public.

Place of Birth*We collect this information so that we can create unique metadata for these items once they become part of the archives. This information will not be shared with the public.

Are you the creator of this material?*

Yes

Other

If you answered "No" or "Other" in the last question, please list the names of the content co-creators, their contact information and the circumstances of how you came to have the materials. IMPORTANT: Each co-creator must fill out this form in order for the item to be accepted by the archives. However, only one co-creator is required to upload the file.

What type(s) of files are you uploading? – Select as many as necessary*

Photos

Videos

Audio

Text

Other

Please describe your items (including locations, event, dates, and names of people included, if known)*

Upload your files – Please include your name as part of the file. Example: smith_photo001.jpg*
Upload limit: 25MB

Upload your files – Please include your name as part of the file. Example: smith_photo001.jpg
Upload limit: 25MB

Do you agree to have your name associated with your donation, or would you like to remain anonymous?

Ouachita can use my name

I wish to remain anonymous

I hereby certify that I created, and own the copyright in, the submitted material. While I will continue to retain my copyright, I hereby grant to Ouachita Baptist University Libraries a license to add the material to its archival collections and preserve it for future generations of students, scholars, and researchers. I give the Libraries permission to organize the materials according to accepted archival principles; to create metadata, finding aids, and full-text search interfaces required for the preservation and discovery of the materials; to make the materials accessible to researchers and staff; and to use the materials in exhibits and displays, both physical and online. I agree that Ouachita Baptist University Libraries may make this material available online under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which will allow others to share and adapt the material, as long as I am given appropriate credit.*

I agree

I understand and agree that the submitted material may contain sensitive personal information about me, including personal health information, and that this information may be archived and shared as described above. I agree not to include personally identifiable information of (or information that could allow a third party to identify) other students or employees of Ouachita Baptist University - this includes their personal health information.*

I agree

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