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Copies & fees
Copying policy
Cow display, MAC, ca.1930
Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) provides photo-reproductions in reasonable amounts for scholarly use under the following conditions:
- SCUA does not sell photocopies, photographs, or digital reproductions. Fees are assessed for services in identifying, copying, and transmitting duplicates. All copies are made by SCUA staff.
- SCUA reserves the right to limit the number of photoduplicates in any order and may decline to make duplicates if the item might be damaged in the process. Orders are limited to 400 copies per researcher, per month.
- Except for brief excerpts, SCUA will not duplicate copyrighted material without the written permission of the copyright owner. Researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of copyright.
- Copies are prepared solely for the use of the researcher and may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, or placed in other repositories without the prior written permission of the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
- Permission to publish must be requested separately, in writing.
In most cases, images are scanned at 100% of the original size at a resolution of 600 dpi. Depending on the resulting document size, scanned images may be sent as email attachments or burned to a CD-ROM and sent by surface mail.
How do I request copies?
Requests for photocopies or scans should be made in writing to the archivist. Our agreement to provide copies does not imply consent to publish: Permission to publish must be requested separately.
What are the fees?
- Photocopies: 30 cents per page.
- Scans: $15.00 each.
- Publication fees (for images):
- Academic or not for profit publications: $35.00 per image
- Commercial publications: $125.00 per image
- Cover art: $100.00 (academic) to $200.00 per image (commercial)
