Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is your
Privacy
Policy?
A: LocalArchiver.com recognizes how important it is to protect
your privacy as a user of this website. This website does not
actively collect personal information about you, except for information
voluntarily provided by you (for example, in an email sent to us with
comments about this website).
We do offer links to several reputable third party providers of services
and goods. When you visit these third parties via links at
LocalArchiver,com, the privacy policies of the third party websites
become effective for the exchange of information as between you and the
third party.
For a more detailed description of how we are committed to protecting
your information, please read the Full
Version of Our Privacy Policy.
Q: How do you decide which
Resource Links to provide?
A: LocalArchiver.com maintains "affiliate" relationships with many of
the resource providers described on this site. Decisions about which external links to provide in the site are based largely
on LocalArchiver's evaluation of the third party's size, reputation, track record, ability to provide
strong customer support, and reasonable pricing of products and/or
services offered. If a visitor visits a third party site via a
link provided by LocalArchiver and makes a purchase, LocalArchiver does
benefit from some modest referral fees. These "affiliate" referral
fees do not increase the cost of products or services to the visitor.
In addition to topic related links provided by LocalArchiver in each
article, we also provide
some ad space to Google to place additional ads of Google's choosing based on
Google's evaluation of the content of our pages. These are
identified as ads by Google and should not be viewed as endorsed by
LocalArchiver.
In addition to links in specific topic articles, our preservation and sharing resources page provides a
category titled "Informational Links". We have not
necessarily performed extensive diligence on these sites, rather they are simply
links that we believe may be of interest to our visitors for additional
information.
Q: What are
Copyright Issues related to sharing images?
A: Copyright laws are complicated. However, most historical
societies have many images in their collections that are now copyright
free and in the public domain. Public domain images may be
replicated, displayed, distributed, and even sold without concern about
copyright suits. When working with typical family photo collections,
copyright issues are normally not a concern. For a basic discussion of copyright issues, see the
article on Copyright
Considerations When Sharing Images, which also includes links to
more detailed information.
Q: How many pixels or pixels
per inch should I have in my scans?
A: It always depends on the use to which you intend to put the scanned
image. However, a scan that will translate into 150 to 300 PPI in
print
resolution should meet most needs. See
Scanning Photos and Documents
for more insight.
Q: How can I easily share
and perhaps market images on the internet?
A: Technology and internet services available today make it relatively
easy to establish a web gallery and some reasonably priced and user
friendly image fulfillment services can be found. Read the article
on Marketing Images as
a Fund Raising Activity to better understand some alternatives.