Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the Open Collections
Program?
- What are the selection criteria for the Women Working: 1800-1930 collection?
- Will the Women Working collection continue to grow?
- Can I use materials for classroom study and research?
- Do you provide permanent links to digitized works that I can incorporate into my Blackboard or WebCT course page?
- Is it possible to download and print digitized materials from the collection?
- When I click on a link to view an item listed on one of your collection websites, I get a Harvard Page Delivery Service page, but don't see anything. What's wrong?
- What about copyright and permissions?
What is the Open Collections
Program?
Visit the Open Collections Program home page and About
section for more information on the program.
What are the selection criteria for the Women Working collection?
Please see the selection criteria
page for more information.
Will the Women Working collection continue to grow?
By September 2005, we will have completed the digitization of the works
selected for Women Working, both the first phase covering 1870-1930, and
the second phase, covering 1800-1870.
Can I use materials for classroom study and
research?
Yes. The OCP encourages use of collection materials for educational
purposes. It is possible to create links to individual digitized titles,
to link to the Women Working site, or to lists of digitized materials on a
given topic. Please see the Link to Us page for more information on how to create these
links.
Do you provide permanent links to digitized works that I can
incorporate into my Blackboard or WebCT course page?
Yes. Please see the help page for more information on how to find and
use the permanent links.
Is it possible to download and print digitized materials from
the collection?
Yes. To download in Microsoft Explorer, select "Save As" from the File
menu to save the page as an html web page or in Netscape Navigator, select
"Save Image As". To print pages of a digitized document from the Page
Delivery Service, select the "Printable Version" link located in the red menu across the top of page. This will give you the option of creating a printable PDF version of the page, specified page sequence, or the entire document.
When I click on a link to view an item listed on one of your
collection websites, I get a Harvard Page Delivery Service page, but don't
see anything. What's wrong?
It's likely that you are at an institution which has the internet Port
8080 blocked. This port allows large files to transfer more quickly, and
some organizations block this port to prevent the access of large internet
files via their systems. Ask your systems administrator if Port 8080 is
blocked, and whether they will enable it. If not, try accessing the same
files from a home internet connection.
What about copyright and permissions?
Materials in the collection are available solely for the purpose of
teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial
reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution,
requires permission of Harvard University. Materials may be referenced,
printed or linked to for teaching, learning, and research purposes and
should be cited in standard bibliographic style and include reference to
the URL, http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/.
Users must contact the Open Collections Program regarding use of materials for purposes other than those described above.