Terms of Service

The , Inc. ('LDAH') provides its services to you, subject to the following "Terms of Service", which may be updated from time to time without notice to you.

Services

The LDAH provides users with access to a rich collection of resources. You understand and agree that the service may include advertisements from our sponsors that are necessary for the LDAH to provide our services. You are responsible for obtaining a membership with LDAH to borrow resources from the library.

In consideration of your use of the LDAH's services, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by subscription to LDAH's newsletter form. You also agree to maintain and promptly update the LDAH of any changes to your information regarding newsletter subscription or unsubscription. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or the LDAH has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, the LDAH is not responsible for maintaining or updating such information.

Privacy

The LDAH adheres to a strict privacy policy regarding your information. For more information, please see our full privacy policy.

You understand that all information, data, text and graphics ('Content'), whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not the LDAH, are entirely responsible for all Content that you post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the LDAH's services. The LDAH will not be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the LDAH's services.

Use of Content & Services

You agree to not use the LDAH's services to:
a. post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
b.impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, an the LDAH official, forum leader, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
c. post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
d. post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party.

You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content.

You acknowledge and agree that the LDAH may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the LDAH, its users and the public.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the LDAH's services.

You acknowledge that the LDAH may establish general practices and limits concerning use of the LDAH's services. This includes without limitation, the maximum number of days that email messages or message board postings will be retained on the LDAH's website. You agree that the LDAH has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any messages and other communications maintained or transmitted by the LDAH. You further acknowledge that the LDAH reserves the right to change these general practices and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.

Account Information

You agree that the LDAH, in its sole discretion, may terminate your account and remove and discard any Content within the LDAH's website, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if the LDAH believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter of the Terms of Service. You agree that any termination of your access to the LDAH's services under any provision of these 'Terms of Services' may be effected without prior notice. You also acknowledge and agree that LDAH may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account. Further, you agree that LDAH shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the LDAH's services.

Links to World Wide Web Site

The LDAH provides links to other World Wide Web sites and/or resources. The LDAH has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that the LDAH is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that the LDAH shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

Proprietary Information

You acknowledge and agree that the LDAH's services contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through the LDAH's services or advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by the LDAH or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the LDAH's services, in whole or in part.

You understand and agree that the LDAH makes no warranty, representations and conditions that the LDAH's services will meet your requirements; be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free; any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the LDAH's services is done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.