Link Policy

Purpose: This policy provides guidance and principles regarding selection of links for inclusion on the Fox Valley Memory website.

Policy:

  1. Websites containing other relevant local history information will be linked from the site. Sites to be linked will be evaluated for inclusion based on their relevance to the FVM Mission to increase access to and awareness of local history resources for the Fox Valley.
  2. Evaluation criteria will include, but not be limited to:
    1. Historical accuracy and factual representation
    2. Unique historical value of information
    3. Biographical information on persons associated with the Fox Valley
    4. Geographic relevance to FVM's area of coverage
    5. Significant local effort to promote or educate on local history
    6. Presentation and usefulness of the site
  3. Links will be made from the site in the following priority order:
    1. Other APL and OCHS resources, including specific pages within APL and OCHS individual websites.
    2. Websites of other local organizations specializing in local history or with significant resources for the study of local history
    3. Pages of local history information within the sites of organizations not specializing in local history but offering noteworthy content, such as schools or local governments
    4. State or national resources directly relevant to FVM
    5. State or national resources with some content pertinent to FVM
  4. FVM will actively seek appropriate links in top priority areas, but may evaluate and include links in lower priority areas as FVM project staff become aware of them. Nevertheless, any qualifying links of whatever priority may be included.
  5. Fox Valley Memory wil not give undue benefit to individuals or organizations by linking to sites which are primarily commerical in nature.
  6. While FVM welcomes links from other organizations to the FVM site for purposes consistent with FVM's mission, FVM will not link to other sites merely on the basis of reciprocity.
  7. Within the limits of copyright and other applicable law, FVM will not seek the permission of other sites as a condition of linking to them.

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13-Dec-2006