Digital UIC

• Account holders will be completely responsible for the content of their sites, including any customizations to HTML, CSS, and other design elements. Account holders are responsible for trouble shooting.   This includes for plug-ins or themes that you use.   You are also responsible for ensuring the functionality of your site, including when our host (Reclaim Hosting) does maintenance.  As a rule of thumb, we recommend using site tools that are up to date and compatible with the latest versions of PHP (8.0 and higher).
• Account holders are responsible for ensuring their site content conforms to accessibility best practices.  Please see UIC Digital Accessibility Page for a list of accessibility resources (including workshops and webinars) and tools to test and comply with accessibility standards. 
• Creation of sites may involve incorporation of original works of third parties (e.g., literature, photographs, music, software, film, and video works) that are covered by copyright laws.  Use of such works may be permitted by principles of fair use, consistent with copyright laws. Primary site owners/ authors and contributing users/authors will ensure that they have all appropriate licenses, releases, consent-to-publish forms, and/or assignments from all creators of the content to be published on the site(s), and shall be responsible for complying with all United States copyright laws and regulations 
• Account holders are responsible for archiving their content or moving their account to the vendor or another service prior to the deletion of their account.   The library will not be responsible for archiving or migrating content. 
• Account holders can choose to close their account at any time. Content will not be archived and will be deleted. 
• Account holders understand that their account will be suspended if they take no action on a project within 3 months of receiving an account. 
• Account holders shall indemnify and hold harmless the University and its affiliates (including, without limitation, its trustees, officers, faculty, staff, employees, consultants, agents and students) from and against any claims, losses, damages, or legal actions, including reasonable attorney’s fees, which University may sustain or become liable for on account of injury to or death of persons, or on account to damage to or destruction of tangible or intangible property resulting from the content, publication or other dissemination of the website, whether sounding in tort, contract, or other legal theory.  Account holder acknowledges and agrees that this duty to indemnify and hold harmless includes, but is not limited to, any actions sounding in copyright infringement or in defamation (including libel and/or slander).

• The University Library will offer basic support through documentation, webinars and workshops, and consultations. 
• Visit Getting Started for advice on signing up for an account
• Visit researchguides.uic.edu/digital-uic for examples of current UIC exhibits using this service 
• The University Library will provide an overview on the type of platforms (Scalar vs Omeka vs WordPress) available through Digital UIC and offer guidance on the platform(s) that may be most suitable for the account holder’s project.  
• The University Library will provide advice on crafting job descriptions for graduate student workers and freelance designers for users who want customized sites. 
• The University Library will provide resources on copyright and fair use to help guide users on content creation. 
• The University Library will offer to host decommissioned content from Digital UIC in INDIGO, if the account holder creates an archive of the content [and it is under 10 GB].  The account holder will be required to grant the University the non-exclusive right to reproduce, transmit, and the distribute the content and the right to reproduce the content to any medium for format necessary for the purposes of preservation or distribution.  
• The University Library will suspend an account if no action occurs on a project within 3 months of account creation. This will allow for the reallocation of an unused account. 
• The University Library reserves the right to remove any content that is determined to be in violation of UIC’s web policies (including violations of copyright law or other content that is contrary to law).

The account owner or author(s) shall retain all rights in the content of their project as outlined in the University of Illinois General Rules. 

The University Library will notify account holders three months prior to termination of this service, should the University Library decide to end the Service.

Although UIC does not routinely pre-screen, monitor, or regularly review content, it reserves the right to remove, at any time, at its sole discretion, any content that it considers to violate these Terms of Use or the terms of any other campus user agreements that may govern use of the campus networks, or that it deems in violation of University policy or local, state, or federal law. Should the University receive reports regarding a site on which it is felt that inappropriate content has been posted, UIC will investigate and contact the site’s primary owner to initially discuss the issue. In exceptional cases (including violations of copyright law or other content that is contrary to law), UIC may immediately remove the content, prior to contacting the site’s primary owner. Unacceptable content of this sort also may cause a site or account to be suspended, and in extreme cases, may result in disciplinary proceedings against the primary owner and/or contributing authors. Reports regarding inappropriate site content may be sent to digscholarship@uic.edu.