Carnegie Museum of Natural History Library

Archives Use Policy

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

USE OF COLLECTIONS AGREEMENT

Please note: Permission to examine unpublished or archival material in the Museumís collections does not imply permission to publish this information.

On-site users agree to

Handle collection material carefully and report any damage immediately to the Library staff

Not remove or alter labels or other identifying markings

Accept the decision of the Library staff as to whether or not something can be photocopied

If visitors wish to take their own photographs of collection material for purposes of individual research, permission must be granted by the Museum Librarian, who will also approve the conditions under which the photography is done.

If these personal photographs are to be used in a published work, permission to use them must be requested in writing from the Museum Librarian. The Curator may require that a photograph done by the Museumís staff photographer or another Museum-approved photographer be substituted and a publications use fee be paid to the Museum. This fee will be in addition to that charged for the creation of the photograph. Regardless of who creates the photograph, the credit line will read: Courtesy, Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

It is the responsibility of the user to determine the copyright status of unpublished or published, text, image or electronic data found in the Museumís collection or held in departmental archival collections, as it cannot be assumed that the Museum has clear title to that material.

If such unpublished archival material, such as correspondence or field notes is quoted or referred to in a publication, the credit line to be used is "From the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History." The specific collection should be identified.

 

Read and agreed to by _________________________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Date ___________

 

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