Resource Library: errors and omissions

Resource Library: Errors and Omissions

Errors of fact and material omissions at the time of original publication

Texts and images are published permanently, however errors of fact and material omissions which were the case at the time of original publication of articles and essays are promptly dealt with after Resource Library is satisfied as to the legitimacy of the source and veracity of the corrections. Since the publication is archival and a component of the TFAO Digital Library, facts accurate and true at the time of original publication are not altered.

Permission required by author for content changes

Content provided by a named author is never altered without permission of the author.

When Resource Library is notified by a related party other than the author, such as a publisher, of an errata regarding a previously published article or essay, new or updated text is placed at the end of the original text in the form of an editor's note and the source of the new text is identified with full contact information for the benefit of students and scholars.

When Resource Library is notified by an unrelated third party of a challenge to key facts published previously in an article or essay, an inquiry may be made to the source of the challenged facts. The inquiry states the nature of the challenge and asks for guidance as to further steps. If the source of the challenged facts agrees to the requested changes, Resource Library makes the changes to the text as needed. If the original source cannot be reached or rejects the challenge, Resource Library may post an editor's note explaining the challenge at its discretion. Wherever possible, new or updated text is placed at the end of the original text in the form of an editor's note and the source of the new text is identified with full contact information for the benefit of students and scholars.

Permissions that are incomplete or granted in error

Although an infrequent occurrence, usage permissions obtained by sources such as museums in connection with copyrighted text or images later forwarded by them to Resource Library for online publication may be challenged by copyright holders at a later date to have been incomplete or to have been granted to Resource Library's sources in error. Museums and other sources may also send materials to Resource Library in error for other reasons. In other cases permissions provided directly to Resource Library by parties claiming to be copyright holders may be challenged at a later date by others as being incomplete or to have been granted in error. Incomplete permissions could arise from lack of knowledge of the existence of multiple copyright holders. Permissions granted in error could arise form copyright holders having an incomplete understanding of how their materials would be used or permissions granted by parties who are not in fact the true copyright holders. In any of the above cases, or others where there is contention about the use of copyrighted materials, Resource Library promptly removes the related text or images from the TFAO site until permissions issues are resolved.

Further use of editor notes

As Resource Library gains new information through its ongoing research and catalogue development that is relevant to a previously published article or essay, it may elect to add the information within a new or previously created editor's note. Editor's notes are placed below original texts. Usually the latest revision date of an editor's note is noted at the end of the note.

Material factual content provided by publicity sources

Resource Library does not alter material factual content provided by publicity sources (content without named authors) without consultation with them. Also, Resource Library does not inject editorial opinion into texts provided by institutions for publicity purposes. Images provided by text sources are added to previously published publicity articles as the images become available. If address information for an institutional source changes, upon proper notification to Resource Library, the sub-index page for the institution will be updated.

Individual character accuracy rate

Resource Library strives to maintain a 99.995% individual character accuracy rate in online publishing of scholarly texts as part of its Content Presentation Guidelines.This rate of fidelity to the author's original text is accomplished through a combination of software and human proofreading.

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