Two seminar rooms each with a capacity of twelve students and two seminar rooms each with a capacity of twenty students are available for use by Yale faculty who wish to exhibit Beinecke materials to their Yale students. The two larger rooms if available can be booked together to accommodate 70 students with lecture-style seating. Class room space is limited to these four rooms, so please book the rooms as early as possible.

To insure that Library materials are available on the day of the class, please submit an application to the Public Services desk for approval at least three to five days prior to the date of the class along with a list of the materials to be used, their call numbers, and call slips. The use of some materials may require approval by the appropriate curator or the Public Services Librarian. The Library will inform the class instructors of any special problems associated with the use of particular materials.

For additional information or to schedule a seminar room, contact the Beinecke Service desk in person, by phone (432-2973), or by email. Please review the Rules Governing the Use of Seminar Rooms with your class.

Photoduplication: Policies and Ordering Instructions

To assist scholars in their research, the Library offers a wide range of photoduplication services including photocopying, microfilm, and digital photography. The Library will accept small orders for photocopies of individual unbound manuscripts in good condition. To avoid damaging its materials, however, the Library will not photocopy bound books or manuscripts, whole works, photographs, original art work, or large numbers of manuscripts from a collection, but it will consider making microfilm-based reproductions depending upon the condition of the material. The Library can also provide paper copies made from a microfilm (copyflo) or photographic reproductions of bound materials and photographs. Some materials, however, may be too fragile to be subjected to any duplication process.

If no master negative exists, the price for reproductions will include the cost of making one. The negative becomes the property of the Library. All reproductions (of whatever nature) are provided for readers' individual scholarly use. In some cases, the Library may require the return of the copies when the need for their use has ended.

Readers must identify and select all material for duplication. Please be aware that the Library can fill large or complex orders only as the demands of serving the Reading Room permit. A $25.00 fee will be added to any request requiring special handling. Any order that requires the staff to spend more than 30 minutes on bibliographic research or 60 minutes preparing the material for duplication will be subject to preparation fees of $25 per hour. For service to commercial users a separate fee may be applied.

Advance payment by check, Visa, or MasterCard is required for all orders. Please make checks payable to the Beinecke Library and include the order number (if one has been assigned) on the check and on all correspondence concerning this request; credit card numbers may be faxed or emailed to the Library. If additional payment is required, a bill will be sent with the shipment. Overseas customers paying by check must send payment in U.S. dollars drawn on a United States bank. The minimum charge for all domestic mail orders is $15.00 ($20.00 for overseas orders) which includes postage and insurance. All domestic mail is sent fourth class unless otherwise specified. All overseas mail is sent air mail printed matter, unless otherwise specified.

The Library's sale of a reproduction does not imply an authorization to publish it. It is the reader's responsibility to obtain permission to publish texts and facsimiles from the owners of the copyright.

WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproductions. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research."

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

Comments:Ellen R. Cordes, ellen.cordes@yale.edu
Copyright 1997. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
All rights reserved.
Revised: March 25, 2004
URL:http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/blrsrch.htm