To publish your field guide on the website, we need to archive it in the Field Museum’s collections management system. By archiving it there, your work and your role in creating it will be preserved long term.

The following copyright options are for the field guide, solely. Not for individual photos. The author(s) is responsible to obtain the photographers' authorization for the use of their material in the author's guide. Please note that when agreeing to submit your guide, you confirm the following: “I represent that I am the creator of these materials or am authorized to submit them under the conditions I selected and that using the materials under those conditions will not infringe the rights of any person."

I want to release this work into the public domain (CC0 waiver)

What this means:

• By placing your work in the public domain, you waive all rights to the material--any person may use it for any purpose without restriction or your permission.
• See the Creative Commons CC0 Waiver page for more information: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0

I am happy to transfer the copyright to the Field Museum to make my work accessible for research.

What this means:

• The Museum commits to releasing your material to the public under a Creative Commons license that allows anyone to use the material for non-commercial purposes (CC BY-NC 4.0). Your name will be included in the materials database record as its creator.
• This allows the museum to add your material to its collections management system and make it available to the public under our Data Norms.
• The public (and you) will be able to use the material for any non-commercial purpose without further permission from you or the Museum (people will have to contact the Museum for permission for other uses).
• We will always acknowledge you as the creator of the materials when practical, and will only use the materials for non-commercial, museum- and research-related purposes.

I am releasing this material under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license myself

What this means:

• This still allows the museum to add your material to its collections management system, and make it available to the public under the CC BY-NC license. Your name will be included in the materials database record as its creator. If our Data Norms evolve in a more open direction, we may need to remove your content from our collection management system without notice.
• The public (and the Museum) will be able to use the material for any non-commercial purpose without your further permission (people will have to contact you for permission for other uses).
• We will use the credit line: (c) [your name] CC BY-NC.

• What is Creative Commons?
• What is a CC0 waiver?
• What is a CC BY-NC license?
• What does it mean when the Field Museum says it owns the copyright?
• What happens if I retain the copyright in the media and release it to the Museum under a CC BY-NC license?
• Can I list multiple people as the copyright holder?