Agreement to be bound to these terms and conditions
The National Library (“Library”) welcomes visitors from New Zealand and around the world to use its websites, and encourages you to access and link to works from our collections.
By using this website you agree to be legally bound by these terms of use and our Privacy Notice.
The Library may change these terms at any time.
Content disclaimer
This website contains content that was not produced by the Library. The Library is not responsible for third-party content, and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in it.
Papers Past users should be aware that certain words, terms or descriptions contained in the third-party content on the website may be considered inappropriate today. They may have reflected the author or creator's attitude or the language used in the period that they were written.
The Library accepts no liability or responsibility for the manner in which the information on this website is interpreted or used, or the results of such use.
If you think you have found material on the website that contains sensitive personal data, or includes content that you are concerned about, you can make a takedown request.
External links from this website
This website may include links to other agencies and organisations. These links are for convenience and information purposes only. Linking should not be taken as endorsement of any kind by the Library of those other agencies and organisations.
The Library is not responsible for the content of external internet sites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Contact the external site owner for answers to questions regarding their content.
Copyright and reproduction statement
This website is copyright to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. All use of information from this website must be acknowledged appropriately, and permission must be sought before copying any images, programs, and so on from the website.
For information about copyright and reproduction of digitised material available through this website, read the copyright guide.
Privacy notice
We will safeguard your personal information (information that identifies you as a natural person) and respect your rights under the Privacy Act 2020.
You may browse this website without providing any personal information, however, if you create an account on this website we will collect your first and last name and an email address. Account information can be viewed by site administrators, certain Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) staff and sometimes third party contractors who administer or work on the site, or who work on special projects with us.
If you send us personal information (for example, your email address when asking a research question), we will only use this personal information for the purpose for which it was provided.
We will keep any personal information you provide to us secure. To access or correct any of your personal information we hold, or if you have any concerns about the personal information we hold, contact us at paperspast@natlib.govt.nz
Tracking of website usage
If you visit this site to read, download information, or log into your Papers Past account, we collect and store statistical information about the visit.
This information includes the server address, top-level domain name, date and time of the visit, pages accessed and documents downloaded, previous site visited, and type of browser used. For logged in users, this also includes activity associated with your account.
Site statistics allow us to assess the number of visitors to the different sections of our websites, identify what information is of interest, monitor system performance, and help us make our sites more useful to visitors.
Optional demographics tracking in Google Analytics has been disabled, to prevent analytics information about Papers Past users from being shared with third-parties.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that are sent by a website and stored on your computer's hard-drive. Browser cookies are used by this website to help provide the statistical information described under "Tracking of website usage".
This website also uses cookies to store the settings you choose for your searches, like the number of results per page you see, or the default sorting method used for those results. You may manually disable cookies at any time. Check your browser's "Help" information for instructions.
The search settings you choose are stored in the Papers Past session cookie in your browser. This includes things like your preference for how many articles you see per page of results (eg, 10, 25, 50, or 100), or for how the results are sorted.
Linking to this website
You are welcome to link to pages on the Papers Past website. Links should not say, or imply, that the material is the copyright of anyone other than the Library or the relevant copyright holder. Linking to this website from any other website or organisation should not be taken as endorsement of any kind by the Library.
Text corrections
You are welcome to correct the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) text on the Papers Past website. Please limit your edits to corrections of the OCR text so that it matches the text of the relevant original document, and that you exercise reasonable care in editing the OCR text. Please do not contribute new content or third-party content.
You must not post any content to the website that:
- infringes the intellectual property rights, or right to privacy, of any person or party;
- is defamatory, threatening, obscene or otherwise objectionable, breaches suppression orders or is otherwise unlawful; or
- harasses or intimidates other users of the website or any other person, or
- is not accurate or relevant.
The Library reserves the right to remove any contributed content as it sees fit, including if the content violates these terms of use.
The Library may from time to time undertake large-scale rework or data improvement. This may overwrite previous edits made by users.
Your edit to the OCR text will be saved to the index for the website. We are unable to provide a credit for your edits.
We have requested that you limit your contribution to edits of the OCR text, and that you do not post new content or third-party content. For this reason, we do not expect that your contribution to the website will attract its own copyright.
Notwithstanding this, by using the website and contributing any content, you grant the Crown a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and irrevocable licence to use, for any purpose, the content that you contribute. This licence includes the right to use, copy, modify, sub-licence and distribute the content.
Editing of OCR text is done in a live environment where users will be editing text in real time. The Library will not be monitoring user edits as they are made but will regularly review text correction activity.
Registration and account information
To use some of the features of Papers Past you need to create a Papers Past user account.
- In registering for an account, you may be required to provide some personal information, such as your name and email address. Your personal information is only available to Library staff and contractors
- You agree to provide the Library with accurate and complete registration information, including a valid email address where you can be contacted for administrative purposes. Accounts without a valid email address may be terminated. It is your responsibility to inform the Library of any changes to your registration information.
- You agree to provide your real name and not impersonate anyone else, including falsely representing an affiliation with another person or organisation.
- You can use a pseudonym for your display name. It must not be offensive. Your display name can be seen by anyone using Papers Past.
- You must keep your account details (including username and password) confidential and not provide them to any other person.
- Each registration is for a single individual only, and it is your responsibility to prevent unauthorised use of your registration.
- You are responsible for the security of your account details and any unauthorised use of your account, and the Library is not responsible for any unauthorised use of your account. You are entirely responsible for all activities that occur through your account.
Termination of access and removal of user content
The Library reserves the right to:
- terminate access to Papers Past text corrections
- remove any user content at any time without providing notice to you.
Liability
We exclude all liability for any claim, loss, demand or damages of any kind whatsoever (including for negligence) arising out of or in connection with your use of the website or its content.
Indemnity
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify the Library, its officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates, and any third-party information provided to Papers Past, for any loss or damage suffered, or any costs or expenses claimed, incurred or resulting from any breach of these terms of use by you or your access or use of Papers Past, including any or all third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly out of or in connection with your access or use of Papers Past.
You must cooperate with the Library as reasonably required in the defence of any third-party claim.
Governing law
These terms of use are governed by the laws of New Zealand and users submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.
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