•1. The
OCA will encourage the greatest possible degree of access to and reuse of collections in the archive, while respecting
the rights of content owners and contributors.
•2.
Contributors will determine the terms and conditions under which their collections are distributed and how
attribution should be made.
•3. The
OCA need not be obligated to accept all content that is offered to it and may give preference to that which can be
made widely accessible.
•4. The
OCA will offer collection and item-level metadata of its hosted collections in a variety of formats.
•5. The
OCA welcomes efforts to create and offer tools (including finding aids, catalogs, and indexes) that will enhance the
usability of the materials in the archive.
•6.
Copies of the OCA collections will reside in multiple archives internationally
to ensure their
long-term preservation and accessibility to all.
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