KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL) has announced that it is collecting COVID-19 Pandemic photos and stories for local history archival purposes.
Citizens can submit photos and personal stories to the library for consideration in this project, which is meant to demonstrate the impact of COVID-19 on the Kalamazoo community.
“The COVID-19 Pandemic has affected all of us in many different ways and we are all eyewitnesses to this important time in our history,” KPL officials said. “The goal is to preserve the stories and images of our daily lives during the crisis and to provide future historians, researchers, and students with information and data on life in our community during the pandemic.”
Citizens must read and understand the following guidelines before submitting material –
- All accepted items will be made available for public research by the Kalamazoo Public Library.
- By submitting content through this form, you are granting the library non-exclusive (shared), royalty-free license to preserve, modify, and share your content for public research, educational use, exhibits, or publication, including in print or online.
- Kalamazoo Public Library reserves the right to remove content that it considers duplicative, inappropriate, or outside the scope of this project. The library is not obligated to include your content in this project or preserve it in perpetuity.
- Please only submit written, photographic, audio, or video material that you own or have created. If you would like to refer or nominate material which you do not own, please contact localhistory@kpl.gov.
- You must be 18 years of age or older to submit content. If you are under 18, please ask a parent or guardian to submit content on your behalf.
More information on this project can be found at https://www.kpl.gov/local-history/covid-19-stories/.
