The NYUAD COVID-19 Archive

Please consider donating materials that document what daily life has been like at NYUAD during the COVID-19 pandemic — both broadly and personally defined.

We are interested in receiving items and stories that document the community’s experiences learning and working remotely, social and physical distancing, communicating and staying in touch with family, quarantining, and any other experiences that you want to share. Materials will be brought together into an NYUAD COVID-19 Archive, preserved as part of the University Archives in the Library.

Artifacts and objects
Signs or artwork
Audio recordings
Journal entries (written, audio, or video)
Blog posts
Photographs of home or workspaces or other community scenes
Captures of classroom work, school schedules, or daily routines
Poetry
Screenshots of your social media posts
Stories and oral histories

"Below 60 years old" bracelet. Paper and inkjet print. Yas Mall, May 2020. Pardoe-Westermann collection, promised gift to NYUAD COVID-19 Archive.

Complete the Form, Authorize, and Submit Your Items for the Archive

Personal Information

Your First Name: *

Last Name: *

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About Your Submission

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Please use this space to describe the physical items you are donating: *

Physical items may be dropped off outside the Library in the designated “COVID-19 ARCHIVE” drop-off bin. Envelopes for marking the materials with your name and email address are provided there.

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Include locations, event, dates, and names of people included, if known

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More About Submissions

Submissions will be securely transferred and stored as part of the Library's digital repository. Archivists will review the materials, but it will take some time to preserve, organize, and catalog the collection.

The NYUAD COVID-19 Archive collection will eventually be available for browsing and use, beginning with an inventory in the catalog of NYUAD archival collections. The Library reserves the right to return materials that aren’t appropriate for the collection or identify them as belonging to another collecting area.

Authorization and Submission Agreement

Privacy

Privacy: * Yes, my name may be included with my submission(s). No, I wish to remain anonymous.

Copyright

Materials donated to the NYUAD COVID-19 Archive will be made available to the community for reflection and publicly for academic research and study. * I am the creator of these submitted materials and hold copyright, and I grant NYUAD Library permission to store, use, and publish the materials without restriction. I am not the creator or copyright holder, but acknowledge that these materials I am donating may be subject to copyright laws. I am submitting materials that fall under both of these categories.

Personal Health Information Agreement

Please check I agree for the following statement.*

I understand and agree that the submitted material may contain sensitive personal information about me, including personal health information, and that this information may be archived and shared as described above. I agree not to include personally identifiable information of (or information that could allow a third party to identify) other students or employees of NYUAD - this includes their personal health information * I agree

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Acknowledgments

Special thanks to archivist colleagues, who have shared wisdom and practice, from NYU Division of Libraries, University of Illinois Chicago Libraries’ University Archives, Wake Forest University Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, and UNC Charlotte J. Murrey Atkins Library

This project has been conceptualized in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi Leadership. Special thanks to Vice Chancellor Mariët Westermann for initiating the NYUAD COVID-19 Archive and contributing the first promised donation.

Header photograph by Killian Marie Dumont, April 2020, used with permission.

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