My Library, My COVID-19 Story
Above image by Deanne Woods Photography.
We invite everyone in the community, across the Mackay region, to share their personal experiences of how COVID-19 has affected everyday life. What did you do to help fight the isolation, were there new daily activities that you and your family experienced?
Our aim is to create a present-time narrative to preserve this chapter in our lives, allowing us all to reflect on what we did (or couldn't do) and how we felt.
We would love to receive:
- Images with accompanying brief text;
- Oral histories (600 words);
- Video clips. (Video clips are required to be uploaded to YouTube first.)
Your contribution can show the surprising or simple ways our lives have changed. Years from now we will look back and want to know how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted our community and our families.
Please share your donation by uploading your image, text or YouTube link below. All submissions are subject to the following.
Terms and Conditions
• This Agreement governs the donation of items by the Donor to Council for local government purposes, including display or use in any venue or on social media as determined by council.
• All photos and videos that are entered via the website remain the property of the entrant, however, Mackay Regional Council will receive intellectual property rights to all images and videos for promoting the My Library, My COVID-19 Story project or future promotions.
• The Donor agrees that council may determine at its sole discretion which donated items will be displayed in, or used by, a venue managed by council and how such items will be displayed or used.
Privacy statement
Council is collecting your personal information for entering into a donated items agreement with you and for creating a record of Mackay’s experience with the COVID-19 pandemic. The photographs and personal stories of your experience will be collected and stored in Mackay Regional Council Libraries’ digital image collection. Council may also make the photographs and personal stories (including any personal information contained therein) publicly available via the library catalogue, website or by other means.
Uploading your stories and photographs to this site indicates that you accept that this information will be publicly displayed online or printed material. Council does not accept any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage incurred (including consequential loss or damage) however caused which may arise either directly or indirectly as a result of the use of the information or arising out of the provision of the information on this website, or as a result of any reliance placed upon the content of this website.
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Share your COVID-19 Story
Upload your written story, photos or YouTube link here.
By providing your email address, you will be notified when your story is published. You can also register to Connecting Mackay to stay updated on other council projects.