Digital Collections Commenting Policy
General
The UCR Library, in partnership with the California Digital Library (CDL), utilizes the third-party application, Disqus, to enable public user commenting on certain collections of digital materials in Calisphere.
Posted comments do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the UCR Library.
Things UCR Library Will Do
MODERATE COMMENTS
UCR Library staff will moderate all user comments submitted for digital collections on our web platforms. Only comments from registered users will be accepted; anonymous commenting is not allowed.
We also reserve the right to remove and delete comments that:
• Violate the UCR Principles of Community, or use language or concepts that are deemed inappropriate or abusive
• Are off-topic and/or unrelated to the collection being referenced
• Promote commercial ventures or advertise the sale of products
• Contain spam
USE YOUR COMMENTS TO IMPROVE THE COLLECTION
We will capture the information you share with us to the best of our ability and use it to enhance and correct descriptions of the items. We will also work to integrate factual content into our official metadata records, where appropriate. However, we can’t promise that all contributed information will be added to our records.
STRIVE FOR LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE AND VISIBILITY OF COMMENTS
We will make every effort to preserve the comments themselves and maintain their visibility. We cannot guarantee the long-term persistence and/or availability of comments or continued existence or functionality of third-party platforms or applications indefinitely.
Things Users Can Do
ENHANCE DESCRIPTIONS AND CORRECT ERRORS
One of the benefits of user comments is the potential for crowdsourcing information about items in our collections on Calisphere. If you have more information about an item, or notice an error in its associated data, please let us know (you will need to register and log in to comment).
If you’re providing additional information or a correction, it is extremely helpful to us if you can tell us how you know the information. To help simplify verification please cite a published source, if you can, by title, author, and page number or by URL.
SHARE YOUR STORIES AND MEMORIES WITH OTHERS
We also hope you’ll use the comments to discuss items with other users, and share your stories and memories related to a specific item.
Things to know about Disqus
PRIVACY
Disqus is a third-party application that collects user information, and by using the service you will be agreeing to the terms outlined in their Privacy Policy. To minimize tracking and the transmission of user data, we’ve disabled advertisements and anonymous cookie targeting. You can exert some measure of control on the use of your data by customizing your Disqus account settings:
• Making your activity private
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
By using Disqus, you will be granting Disqus a perpetual license to use, modify, and distribute the content of your comments. See the Disqus Terms of Service for more information.