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LA COVID-19 Community Archive (formerly the Safer at Home Archive)

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The Los Angeles Public Library is inviting Angelenos to contribute materials that document life during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Submissions will be curated and made available in a digital collection accessible through our online special collections portal, Tessa.

Submissions must be in digital form and may include:

  • Photographs
  • Letters, emails, and other correspondence
  • Journal and diary entries
  • Blog posts or social media posts
  • Notices or signs
  • Creative art such as drawings, paintings, and poetry

It is acceptable to scan or take a digital photograph of an item to be submitted. Online content may be captured as a screenshot or printed to PDF. As you prepare materials for submission, think about how they tell the story of COVID-19 and its impact on different facets of your life. How do your materials reflect the changing dynamics or routines in your home, workplace, or community?

Any Angeleno is welcome to contribute. We encourage submissions from diverse perspectives, particularly from communities that are not normally represented in the archive. Whether your materials demonstrate social distancing, the transition to telecommuting, what it is like to be an essential worker, or changes in daily routines, family dynamics, and interactions with others, we want to include them!

Thank you for helping us with this important, collective effort to document this historical event. Your contributions are a crucial part of telling the full story of the COVID-19 pandemic in our city.

Please adhere to the city’s Safer at Home order while participating in this effort.

You may submit materials using the LA COVID-19 Community Archive (formerly the Safer at Home Archive) collection form below through May 31, 2021.

Questions? Contact us by email at rarebook@lapl.org

Contribute to the LA COVID-19 Community Archive (formerly the Safer at Home Archive)

 
 
Files must be less than 50 MB.
Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png tif txt rtf pdf doc docx odt ppt pptx odp xls xlsx ods.
 
 
 
 
This can be an individual, photographer, illustrator, organization, company, etc. Type "unknown" if you are not sure who the creator is.
 
 
List people, businesses, and/or organizations appearing in the item.
 
 
Include the address, cross streets, and/or neighborhood that the item is referring to. Be as specific as possible.
 
 
When was the item created? If unsure of date, try to provide at least the year and month (YYYY-MM) or just the year (YYYY). Use "Circa" for approximate dates.
 
 
Only needed for printed/analog materials. Example: 5 ¾ x 8 ¼ cm.
 
 
Include context for this item; description of events related to the item; or relationship between creator and event associated with the item.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Informed Consent and Copyright Permission Form

I hereby certify that I am at least eighteen years of age (if under the age of eighteen, form must be completed by parent) and I voluntarily agree to share my interviews, images, and / or personal materials with the LA COVID-19 Community Archive (formerly the Safer at Home Archive), developed and maintained by the Los Angeles Public Library, to document life during the novel coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles, California.

I understand that the following items may be created from my participation in this program:

  • a photograph of me
  • an audio and / or video recording
  • edited audio / video clips
  • an edited transcript and summary
  • additional digital derivatives
  • promotional materials
  • social media posts

I agree to freely share my materials and / or other items listed above under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (“Creative Commons License”), available at the following site: CreativeCommons.org. I understand that pursuant to the Creative Commons License, my materials and other items listed above (the “Licensed Material”) may be distributed to the public and/or shared with other entities for noncommercial purposes, including formats such as print, public programming, and the Internet, and that every recipient of the Licensed Material will be subject to terms and conditions of the Creative Commons License.

I also waive any right to inspect or claim any form of remuneration for the Library's use of the transferred file(s) in any Library publication, any other form of media published by the Library or any newspaper or other commercial media outlet.

Further, I agree to hold the Los Angeles Public Library, its affiliates and branches harmless against any claim, action, loss, damage, or alleged infringement of any copyright, trademark, or other third party property rights, caused by or arising from the publication, exhibition, or telecast of my interview, audio and / or video recordings, photographs, or copies of my personal documents furnished to the Los Angeles Public Library as part of this program.

I understand that I shall receive no compensation for the material I share. I also understand that the material I share may not be included in the archive if it is deemed out of scope by Library staff.

Contact the Digitization & Special Collections department with questions at rarebook@lapl.org

In order to contribute, you must read and agree to this Informed Consent and Copyright Permission Form.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Required so that we can contact you with any questions. Los Angeles Public Library will not share your contact information.

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