Remit / Mission Statement: The remit of the Maynooth University / St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth Digital Library is to develop, maintain, and promote digital services to enhance the user experience. We have developed a Digital Library to enhance access to our Unique and Distinctive Collections and to inspire new areas of research. The digital surrogates represent authentic copies of the originals, and their use is governed by the terms and conditions prescribed by Maynooth University / St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth
Use of the material: Any material digitised as per a request must be used for educational or research purposes only. An agreement form is filled out and signed by the requestor stating intended use. If the requestor wishes to reproduce any items from the request, they must make explicit reference to Maynooth University / St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth as the copyright holder
Citation: When citing material from the digital library in your research, cite in the appropriate way for the type of resource it is and include the digital link (DOI, PI, URL) for example as shown here https://guides.lib.udel.edu/citingsources/digital - another source for this is: https://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-image/custom - The image should be acknowledged with the following statement: ‘Reproduced by permission of the Librarian, Maynooth University, from the collections of St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth / Maynooth University'.
Copyright: Once a request has been received, staff members from our Special Collections & Archives department will ascertain if there are any copyright concerns. If there are no concerns, the requester will be informed and the request can proceed. Copyright remains with Maynooth University / St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth.
Rights disclaimer: We have made every effort to ascertain correct copyright and other rights, but if there is an error, please contact digital.library@mu.ie
Ownership rights of the metadata: Any use of the metadata found in the digital library should be appropriately attributed or cited
GDPR: Maynooth University adheres to the following policy in relation to GDPR: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/sites/default/files/assets/document/Da...
Queries & Complaints Procedures: If you have a query or complaint in relation to the Digital Library, please send it to digital.library@mu.ie. Administrators of the digital library will acknowledge receipt of such in a timely manner, assess the issue, seek advice on the matter if necessary, allow a chance for the complaint to be addressed by the relevant people, investigate the complaint in full, contact the complainant regarding the outcome of the investigation into the complaint and potentially remove material from the digital library.
Statement on the Use of Potentially Harmful Language: Maynooth University’s Special Collections & Archives aim to describe archival materials in an accurate and informative manner that is inclusive and respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we care for. Some of the materials in our holdings contain offensive, derogatory or harmful language. Our archival descriptions also include historical language of their time-periods that by today's standards may be considered racist, sexist, or otherwise harmful to racialised and marginalised populations.
We acknowledge that description is not neutral, nor are the individuals who create it, and what constitutes appropriate description varies with context, time, and the views of the description creator.
We are committed to updating and revising our descriptive language in relation to:
- identifying instances of racism, sexism, ableism and other forms of discrimination
- proposing changes and replacing inappropriate language introduced during legacy descriptive practices
- researching how communities describe themselves and using contemporary/current language respectful to the people and events reflected in our holdings
If you encounter language in finding aids, catalogue records of archival holdings, digitised collections, exhibitions, etc., that you find problematic, offensive or harmful, or if you have questions or concerns, we welcome your feedback. Please email: library.specialcollections@mu.ie