Marble Governing Policies

About MARBLE—MARBLE (Museums, Archives, Rare Books, and Libraries Exploration) is a digital collections platform that brings together materials from the Hesburgh Libraries, the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, and cultural heritage collections at the University of Notre Dame. In line with the University’s mission, MARBLE supports collaboration, teaching, research, and data curation.

Managed by the Hesburgh Libraries, MARBLE is part of the University’s discovery infrastructure. It provides access to Notre Dame’s cultural, historical, and artistic collections while advancing the preservation and sharing of cultural heritage.

In keeping with University and Library priorities, MARBLE emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Curatorial practices highlight historical context, underrepresented voices, and reparative description. MARBLE is committed to global discovery and open access.

Supported Content

MARBLE features select materials from the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, Rare Books & Special Collections, and the University Archives. While not comprehensive, these collections represent the breadth and depth of Notre Dame’s distinctive cultural holdings.

Content Review

Digitized materials represent only a fraction of the University’s collections. Cross-institutional teams add new content regularly, with a development roadmap designed to expand features and enhance collaboration across campus partners.

Platform Development

This site was collaboratively developed by the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art and Hesburgh Libraries thanks to a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. To learn more about the development process, view the documentation.

Privacy and Cookie Policy

Cookies are small pieces of information stored in your browser to help us recognize repeat visits and gather usage statistics. Depending on how you use MARBLE, we may collect limited information such as your name, email address, or IP address. IP addresses are used only in aggregate to improve the site; individual users remain anonymous.

If you create an account or log in with Notre Dame credentials, we store your information to support personalized portfolio features. Users control whether portfolios are shared. Accounts and portfolios can be deleted at any time.

We use this information to improve site design and maintain services. Data is not shared with third parties. Publicly shared portfolios may be indexed by search engines.

Security: Hesburgh Libraries maintain safeguards to prevent misuse, loss, or alteration of your information.Questions: Please use the feedback form for questions about privacy or security.

Using Images

The Hesburgh Libraries and Raclin Murphy Museum of Art provide materials for educational, scholarly, and personal use. Some materials may be protected by copyright or other third-party rights; users are responsible for respecting those rights.

Please credit images as follows:

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art: Collection of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame
Rare Books & Special Collections: Reproduced courtesy of Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
University Archives: Reproduced courtesy of University Archives, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame

Intellectual Property & Rights

Fair Use: Limited personal or educational use is permitted. Commercial use is prohibited.
Public Domain: Materials may be downloaded and reused freely. High-resolution images for publication may be requested from the holding repository (fees may apply).
Creative Commons: Some materials are licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial use, with attribution).
Copyright Protected: For orphaned works, users are responsible for locating rights holders and securing permissions.

Takedown Requests: If you are a rights holder and believe material has been posted without permission, please contact our designated DMCA agent.

University Trademarks and Branding

The University of Notre Dame reserves all rights to branding, logos, and wordmarks used on this site.